Form size at startup
Dear Experts,
I am new to WPF and I am trying to make my first application. I am experimenting with xaml right now and I have run into the following problem:
When I start up the form it is not the size I would expect, but when I click the form it pops to the size as I would expect it. I do not understand this behaviour. Does anyone know what is causing this?
I have included the xaml that I am using.
I am new to WPF and I am trying to make my first application. I am experimenting with xaml right now and I have run into the following problem:
When I start up the form it is not the size I would expect, but when I click the form it pops to the size as I would expect it. I do not understand this behaviour. Does anyone know what is causing this?
I have included the xaml that I am using.
<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:AutoUpdateMonitorVML;assembly=AutoUpdateMonitorVML"
Title="MainWindow" mc:Ignorable="d" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:my="clr-namespace:AutoUpdateMonitorVML;assembly=AutoUpdateMonitorVML" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" d:DesignHeight="248" d:DesignWidth="525" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" Width="525" Height="248">
<DockPanel Height="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,0,0,0" Name="DockPanel1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto" ForceCursor="False" LastChildFill="True">
<Menu Height="20" Name="MainMenu" DockPanel.Dock="Top" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<MenuItem Name="FileMenuItem" Header="Bestand">
<MenuItem Name="RefreshServerMenuItem" Header="Refresh server" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
<MenuItem Name="RefreshAllMenuItem" Header="Refresh all" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
<MenuItem Name="UpdateServerMenuItem" Header="Update server" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
<MenuItem Name="UpdateAllMenuItem" Header="Update all" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
<Separator />
<MenuItem Name="CloseMenuItem" Header="Afsluiten" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Name="ToolsMenuItem" Header="Tools">
<MenuItem Name="ManageServersMenuItem" Header="Refresh server" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
<MenuItem Name="ManageDirectoryTypesMenuItem" Header="Refresh all" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
<MenuItem Name="ManageSourceMenuItem" Header="Update server" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
<DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
<ToolBarPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top">
<ToolBar />
</ToolBarPanel>
<Grid >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Name="Left" Width="2*" > </ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Name="Middle" Width="3*"> </ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Name="Right" Width="1*"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ListView Height="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,0,0,0" Name="ServerListView" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto" ItemsSource="{Binding Servers}" Grid.Column="0">
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn Header="Icoontje" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding ID}"/>
<GridViewColumn Header="Name" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Name}"/>
<GridViewColumn Header="Status" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Name}"/>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
<!--<ListView.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:ServerVM}" >
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="icoontje" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
<TextBlock Text="status" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.Resources>-->
</ListView>
<TreeView Grid.Column="1" Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
</TreeView>
<TreeView Grid.Column="2" Width="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
</TreeView>
<GridSplitter Grid.Column="1" Height="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,0,0" Name="GridSplitter1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="1" />
<GridSplitter Grid.Column="2" Height="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,0,0" Name="GridSplitter2" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="1" />
</Grid>
</DockPanel>
</DockPanel>
</Window>
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I am just learning WPF myself and when I past your xaml into a project I was unable to compile the code because it made reference to what looks like an Expression Blend dll of which I do not have. After removing the reference and its dependency properties it look like what I think should be the start up size.
The code snippet below is what I changed your code to be as well as removing the using statement AutoUpdateMonitorVML in the MainWindow.xaml.cs.
I also added these two properties, MinHeight="248" MinWidth="525", which will not allow the form to go below that Width and Height. Now that I am thinking about it if you set the forms MinHeight and MinWidth without removing any code it may resolve your issue.
Fernando
Fernando
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