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Asked: 2026-06-09T10:01:19+00:00

I try to achieve a simple menubar in WPF. Here is the XAML: <Page

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I try to achieve a simple menubar in WPF.

Here is the XAML:

<Page
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
 <DockPanel>  
    <DockPanel Background="Black" VerticalAlignment="Top" LastChildFill="True" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Height="28">
        <ToggleButton Content="--" Visibility="Collapsed" />
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
           <Button Content="Add" />
           <Button Content="Expand" /> 
        </StackPanel>
        <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Right" Orientation="Horizontal">
           <TextBox Text="Search" MinWidth="80" Width="200" />
           <Button Content="X" Margin="0,1,50,0" />
        </StackPanel>
    </DockPanel>
 </DockPanel>
</Page>

It looks good, but when I resize the page to a smaller width, the last child (the Stackpanel with the search textbox) is hiding behind the left items.
Like this:
http://s9.postimage.org/m0tkrobwd/printscreen.png

It would be good if the textbox would resize itself if it has enough space to achieve its MinWidth…Is it possible?

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  1. Editorial Team
    <Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                      <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="200" MinWidth="80"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ToggleButton Content="--" Visibility="Collapsed" />
                <Button Content="Add"  Grid.Column="1"/>
                <Button Content="Expand"  Grid.Column="2"/>
                <TextBox Text="Search" Grid.Column="4"/>
                <Button Content="X" Margin="0,1,50,0" Grid.Column="5" />
            </Grid>

    Instead of giving MaxWidth and MinWidth to TextBox give it to Grid Column.I hope this will help.

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