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Asked: 2026-05-22T03:29:14+00:00

I have a TextBlock which is resizing itself depending on its Text which is

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I have a TextBlock which is resizing itself depending on its Text which is causing my entire window to resize. I want the text to truncate instead – but I don’t want to explicitly set the MaxWidth of the TextBlock in case the user resizes the window.

Before import button pressed:

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Current output:

current output

Desired output:

desired output

   <Grid Grid.Row="3">
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
            <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <TextBlock Name="status" Margin="3" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"></TextBlock>
        <Label Name="lblPercentage" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" ></Label>
        <Button Grid.Column="2" Margin="3" Name="cmdImport" Click="import_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Right">Import</Button>
        <Button Grid.Column="3" Margin="3" Name="cmdCancel" Click="cancel_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Right">Close</Button>
    </Grid>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Just don’t set SizeToContent on your Window.

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