Resize and Keep Controls in Thirds

Question

Is it possible to get controls to automatically divide a space in thirds as the window resizes? It is easy enough to do in code, but I'd like to set the parameters directly in the xaml if possible.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '12 at 13:44

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Use the Grid control. It takes up whatever space is available. You can get thirds by doing (assuming you want three columns)

<Grid>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinitions Width="*"/>
        <ColumnDefinitions Width="*"/>
        <ColumnDefinitions Width="*"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Button Grid.Column="0"/>
    <Button Grid.Column="1"/>
    <Button Grid.Column="2"/>
</Grid>

answered May 24 '12 at 13:44

Shawn Kendrot

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+1 and a little [extra reading](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6956832/what-does-asterisk-mean-in-a-wpf-columndefinition) around the topic. – Adam Houldsworth May 24 '12 at 13:44
That answered my question perfectly! Thanks. – Nathan Tornquist May 24 '12 at 13:53

Resize and Keep Controls in Thirds

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