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jpwkeeper
jpwkeeper

Reputation: 341

WPF Grid Column auto with some room to grow

I have a Grid in WPF where the last column's size is Auto. However, in that column is text that, when I mouse over it, turns from normal to Bold, making the text a little bit bigger (as bold text generally is). The net effect is that the column gets bigger, moving all of the other content around, then smaller when I mouse away, moving everything else again.

What I'd like to do is define my column width to have a little bit of extra but still be Auto width, so that when this resize occurs due to mouse-over it doesn't create such a jarring effect.

I don't have any idea how wide it will be ahead of time; it can very quite a lot. Obviously if you change the entry the column grows, but I just want to keep the bolding effect from causing a rapid grow/shrink every time my mouse gets too close.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1734

Answers (1)

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123 456 789 0

Reputation: 10865

You cannot define a Grid Column to Auto with some room to grow unless it is going to take the entire space using the "*" value. 

 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="20*" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="40*" />
 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

Try experimenting and see what fits your layout width. Having two '*' with only two column definition will make the column's width to 50% first column, 50% second column.

Upvotes: 1

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