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user4232183
user4232183

Reputation:

Add grid to wpf window using C#

I want to add an array of grids to my WPF window:

    Grid[] Tiles = new Grid[20];

    public void LoadTile()
    {

    for (int X = 0; X < Tiles.Length; X++)
    {
        Tiles[X] = new Grid();
        Tiles[X].Height = (TileData[X].SizeY * 90) - 10;
        Tiles[X].Width = (TileData[X].SizeY * 90) - 10;
        Tiles[X].Margin = new Thickness(0 + (TileData[X].PositionX * 90), 216 + (TileData[X].PositionY * 90), 0, 0);
        Tiles[X].HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
        Tiles[X].VerticalAlignment = System.Windows.VerticalAlignment.Center;

        Tiles[X].Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Visible;

        SolidColorBrush Brush1 = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black);
        Brush1.Opacity = 0.2;
        Tiles[X].Background = Brush1;
    }
    }

That's what I have.

(BTW: I do have a method calling that one I just didn't include it here)

I added: 

    Nine_Window.Content = Tiles[X];

But it made it so all I could display was one of them, because each time the loop did that piece of code again it overwrote the last one

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2236

Answers (4)

user4232183
user4232183

Reputation:

Okay, Muds nearly got my answer but I'm gonna use a Canvas instead of a Stack Panel. If you didn't get what I meant, it's simple, I wanted to create a multiple grid controls in an array and add them to my window.

Upvotes: 0

Muds
Muds

Reputation: 4116

Well I donot second your approach but if you want to continue with it, do not add your Grids like this 

Nine_Window.Content = Tiles[X];

instead add a stackPanel to NineWindow.Content 

<Window ....>
<Grid>
    <StackPanel x:Name="myStackPanel"></StackPanel>
</Grid>

and then in code behind

myStackPanel.Children.Add(Tile[X]);

Upvotes: 0

Noctis
Noctis

Reputation: 11763

Your usual use for a grid (let's assume 3x3) will look something along the following in the XAML:

<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
                <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
                <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>

Regarding your problem with setting the Content, You are setting it to a specific tile instead of to the array. But Again, it'll be easy to do from the XAML I believe, and simply initialize it from code if you need to.

Upvotes: 1

Watta
Watta

Reputation: 61

I think what you are actually looking for is row and column definitions of a grid. Add as many as you need by executing:

Grid Tile = new Grid()

// create new columns
ColumDefintion columnDefinition = new ColumnDefinition()
columnDefinition.Height = ... // set height here
Tile.ColumnDefinitions.Add(columnDefinition);

// create a row
Tile.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition());

Otherwise your changes will affect the whole grid object.

Upvotes: 0

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