So far so good, but this makes a *very* common scenario rather complex, and if I got that right, it disallows the user to resize the column widths. My current project contains roughly 10 different grids and I'm missing a working resizing behaviour in every one of them, mainly because I want to fill the columns all available space (AutoFit is a joke, I really can't image I'll ever need equally sized columns in a real live application that provides heterogenous data). IMO there is no valid explanation why this shouldn't work like WinGrid - if AutoFit AND cell widths would work together, we had a simple solution.

 Just my 0.02$

 BTW - I tried to apply a template to a very simple dialog grid, but with mixed results. What I would like to get is a grid that expands the last column to the full size of the grid. Here's the results:

 First I tried the star sized last column according to Joe's sample  - bad result, text is being cropped, and the other columns are far too wide:

Second try: Setting fixed widths and Auto on the last column. This appears right, but it isn't, as text gets cropped as well - The full string is longer than just "Invariant Language". 

Finally, I tried combinding fixed widths with a star-sized column - again, text is being cropped:

Is there a combination I overlooked (also tried not setting a width for the last column at all, same result as the last image)?

Thanks for your advice

Philipp 

Hi John

I assume your layout isn't resizable, because you only have two columns, and one of them has a fixed width (100px). This one, for example, works fine:

<ItemsPanelTemplate>
  <Grid>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
      <ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
      <ColumnDefinition Width="150" />
      <ColumnDefinition Width="2*" />
      <ColumnDefinition Width="4*" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
  </Grid>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>

HTH,
Philipp 

Phil,

I wonder if I could bother you to send me the ItemsPanelTemplate you are using that has column resizing working.  I have done the following and resizing does not work.

<igDP:XamDataGrid x:Name="_dataGrid" DataSource="{Binding StoryList}" AutoFit="True" GroupByAreaLocation="None" >

<igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayoutSettings>

<igDP:FieldLayoutSettings AutoGenerateFields="False" SelectionTypeRecord="Single" RecordSelectorLocation="None" >

<ItemsPanelTemplate>

<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />

</Grid>

</igDP:FieldLayoutSettings.DataRecordCellAreaGridTemplate>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayoutSettings>

<igDP:FieldLayout>

<igDP:FieldLayout.FieldSettings>

</igDP:FieldLayout.FieldSettings>

<igDP:Field Name="Title" Label="Story Title"/>

</igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>

</Grid>

The underlying data is simply a class with two properties of type string.

Try setting the Field.Settings.CellHeight, or CellMaxHeight property instead, that won't affect the header area.

 My latest posting is still awaiting approval, but here's another comment anyway:

I solved the problem for now by applying a rather ugly hack: I defined a style for the XamTextEditor, which restricts the maximum height for the editor. Like this, the row doesn't resize itself in case of multiline text:

     <igDP:XamDataGrid.Resources>
      <Style TargetType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}">
        <Setter Property="MaxHeight"
                Value="22" />
      </Style>      
    </igDP:XamDataGrid.Resources>

 Joe,

Me again, sorry. I ran into a new issue with the auto-sizing of the grid. I have a field that may provide multi-line text (a lot of). This wasn't a problem until now - the grid just cropped the content, which could be edited through a popup:

However, by assigning a template for the grid, the row's height adjusts to it's content - which is bad if the underlying text consinsts of 50+ lines of text of course. I tried to solve the problem by assigning a RowDefinition for the grid. However, it appears this also affects the header area, which gets badly cropped:

<igDP:FieldLayoutSettings.DataRecordCellAreaGridTemplate>
  <ItemsPanelTemplate>
    <Grid>
      <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="150" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="2*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="4*" />
      </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
     
      <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="24" />
      </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    </Grid>
  </ItemsPanelTemplate>
</igDP:FieldLayoutSettings.DataRecordCellAreaGridTemplate>

Is there a way to get all of this working at the same time?

- auto-sizing
- no resizing of the row height (optimum) or fixed row height
- independent row height of the header

Edit:

I solved the problem for now by applying a rather ugly hack: I defined a style for the XamTextEditor, which restricts the maximum height for the editor. Like this, the row doesn't resize itself in case of multiline text:

     <igDP:XamDataGrid.Resources>
      <Style TargetType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}">
        <Setter Property="MaxHeight"
                Value="22" />
      </Style>      
    </igDP:XamDataGrid.Resources>

However, a cleaner solution would be welcome.

Cheers,

Philipp