Question

How do I construct this piece of XAML programatically?

<Grid Name="gridMarkets">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="10" />
        <RowDefinition Height="*" MinHeight="16" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="10" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
 </Grid>

Is it any elegant solution for parse and construct controls dynamically?

I was trying to do something:

RowDefinition newRow = new RowDefinition();
newRow.Height = new GridLength(10);
newGrid.RowDefinitions.Add(newRow);

But how do I assign a * sign?

Looking for any kind of ideas to this problem!
Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the Grid.Star unit type

newRow.Height = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Star);

You can also use the XamlReader object to convert XAML strings into UI objects from code-behind, although I usually prefer to manually create objects like how you are creating them.