I have a TextBox
control within a StackPanel
whose Orientation
is set to Horizontal
, but can't get the TextBox to fill the remaining StackPanel space.
XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Height="180" Width="324">
<StackPanel Background="Orange" Orientation="Horizontal" >
<TextBlock Text="a label" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBox Height="25" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto"/>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
And this is what it looks like:
Why is that TextBox not filling the StackPanel?
I know I can have more control by using a Grid
control, I'm just confused about the layout.
Best Answer
I've had the same problem with
StackPanel
, and the behavior is "by design".StackPanel
is meant for "stacking" things even outside the visible region, so it won't allow you to fill remaining space in the stacking dimension.You can use a
DockPanel
withLastChildFill
set totrue
and dock all the non-filling controls to theLeft
to simulate the effect you want.