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Franken Steak
Franken Steak

Reputation: 60

Why can't I see the menu I created?

So I'm creating a small wpf application for fun, and I want it to have a menu. I created the menu and what not, but when I run the program the menu doesn't show up at all. The code for the menu is currently:

<Window x:Class="TBA_Alpha.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="TBA LogIn" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
    <PasswordBox x:Name="tbPsw" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="214,143,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black" Background="White">
        <PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
            <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
                <GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
                <GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
    </PasswordBox>
    <TextBox x:Name="tbUId" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="214,94,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black">
        <TextBox.Background>
            <SolidColorBrush Color="White"/>
        </TextBox.Background>
        <TextBox.BorderBrush>
            <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
                <GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
                <GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </TextBox.BorderBrush>
    </TextBox>
    <Button Content="LogIn" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="239,200,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="Button_Click"/>
    <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="214,73,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your UserID:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="214,122,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your Password:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    <Menu HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="43" BorderThickness="1">
        <MenuItem Header=" New " RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Width="63" Height="36" Background="White" Visibility="Visible" AllowDrop="True" IsHitTestVisible="True">
            <MenuItem Header=" User " Click="newUser"/>
        </MenuItem>
    </Menu>
</Grid>

any help whatsoever would be largely appreciated thank-you.

Edit: added the entire XAML code for the wpf, where the menu is near the end of the code

Edit: after removing all of the additional stuff and leaving only the headers, still experiencing the same problem

Edit: Tried the code in a different clean project and it worked, thank-you

Upvotes: 0

Views: 118

Answers (1)

David
David

Reputation: 10708

The problem is that most of your controls use a Magrin attribute to separate themselves, rather than the functionality of the Grid. Since none of them specify the attached properties Grid.Row, they're all in the same row. Since Menu doesn't specify a Margin, it's at the top of the Grid and thus overlapping your other controls.

Try using actual grid rows

<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition/>
        <RowDefinition/>
        <RowDefinition/>
        <RowDefinition/>
        <RowDefinition/>
        <RowDefinition/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <PasswordBox x:Name="tbPsw" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black" Background="White">
        <PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
            <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
                <GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
                <GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
    </PasswordBox>
    <TextBox x:Name="tbUId" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black">
        <TextBox.Background>
            <SolidColorBrush Color="White"/>
        </TextBox.Background>
        <TextBox.BorderBrush>
            <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
                <GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
                <GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </TextBox.BorderBrush>
    </TextBox>
    <Button Content="LogIn" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="Button_Click"/>
    <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="3" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your UserID:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="4" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your Password:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    <Menu Grid.Row="5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="43" BorderThickness="1">
        <MenuItem Header=" New " RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Width="63" Height="36" Background="White" Visibility="Visible" AllowDrop="True" IsHitTestVisible="True">
            <MenuItem Header=" User " Click="newUser"/>
        </MenuItem>
    </Menu>
</Grid>

Upvotes: 2

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