WPF Grid Column MaxWidth not enforced
- by Trevor Hartman
This problem stems from not being able to get my TextBlock to wrap. Basically as a last-ditch attempt I am setting MaxWidth on my container grid's columns. I was surprised to find that my child label and textbox still do whatever they want (bad children, BAD) and are not limited by my grid column's MaxWidth="200".
What I'm really trying to do is let my TextBlock fill available width and wrap if necessary. So far after trying many variations of HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" on every known parent in the universe, nothing works, except setting an explicit MaxWidth="400" or whatever number on the TextBlock. This is not good because I need the TextBlock to fill available width, not be limited by some fixed number. Thanks!
<ItemsControl>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="200" SharedSizeGroup="A" />
<ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="200" SharedSizeGroup="B" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0 5 0 0" Grid.Column="0" Style="{StaticResource LabelStyle}" Width="Auto" Content="{Binding Value.Summary}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Margin="5,8,5,8" FontWeight="Normal"
Background="AliceBlue"
Foreground="Black" Text="{Binding Value.Description}"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
TextWrapping="Wrap" Height="Auto" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>