Question

I have a simple xaml control with the following Grid Row definition:

<Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="15*" />
            <RowDefinition Height="60*" />
            <RowDefinition Height="20*" />
            <RowDefinition Height="20*" />
            <RowDefinition Height="15*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>

Rows 1-3 each hold a text block which may or may not have text in it. In the code behind I want to minimise the RowDefinition if there is no text. Essentially I have the following in my code behind:

if(textblock.Text != ""){
   grid.RowDefinitions[elementRow].Height = new GridLength(20, GridUnitType.Star);
}
else{
   grid.RowDefinitions[elementRow].Height = new GridLength(0, GridUnitType.Star);
}

I want rows 0 and 4 to stay as they are defined in the xaml. Unfortunatly this does not work even though there is text in the text block on row 2 nothing is displayed.

Am I doing something wrong.

Any help is appreciated,

James

Answer 1

Don’t use the star notation, use Auto for your RowDefinitions. If the TextBlock.Text is empty, set the Visibility of the TextBlock to Visibility.Collapsed. The grid row will then automatically shrink to nothing.