Question

Hey everyone. I have a problem with a datagrid in my window. I want it to extend only to its needed size if it doesn’t fill the entire window or show a scroll bar if it does take up the entire screen. Here’s my xaml

 <Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="auto"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="auto"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <DataGrid Grid.Row="0" Name="dg">
        <DataGrid.Columns>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Col1"/>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Col1"/>
        </DataGrid.Columns>            
    </DataGrid>

    <GroupBox Grid.Row="2" Margin="5">
        <Button>Click</Button>
    </GroupBox>
</Grid>

If I set the row height for the datagrid to * it extends the datagrid’s gray background down the entire row. But if I set the height to auto, then it won’t show a scrollbar when there are too many items for the window.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Have you tried nesting the DataGrid in a ScrollViewer?