Question

WPF GridSplitter makes my Grid wider than my Window!

I’ve got a WPF Grid with a GridSplitter. If I resize my columns, then I can make my grid wider than my window and non-viewable.

It starts like this:

WPF Grid http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9505/onehg6.jpg

But after widening the left column, I can no longer see the right column (green):

WPF GridSplitter http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1804/twomy6.jpg

What am I doing wrong? How do I keep the GridSplitter from changing the size of my Grid?

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Update:

I’m still struggling with this. I’ve now tried nesting grids within grids. That didn’t help. Here’s my XAML ColumnDefinitions, RowDefinitions, and GridSplitters…

<Window ... >     <Grid>         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>             <ColumnDefinition Width='*' MinWidth='150' />             <ColumnDefinition Width='Auto' />             <ColumnDefinition Width='*' MinWidth='400' />         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>         <GridSplitter              ResizeDirection='Columns'             ResizeBehavior='BasedOnAlignment'             Grid.Column='1'             HorizontalAlignment='Center'             VerticalAlignment='Stretch'             Width='2'             Margin='0,5,0,5'             Panel.ZIndex='1'/>         <Grid Grid.Column='0'>             ...         </Grid>         <Grid Grid.Column='2'>             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>                 <ColumnDefinition Width='*' MinWidth='150' />                 <ColumnDefinition Width='Auto' />                 <ColumnDefinition Width='*' MinWidth='200' />             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>             <GridSplitter                  ResizeDirection='Columns'                 ResizeBehavior='PreviousAndNext'                 Grid.Column='1'                 HorizontalAlignment='Center'                 VerticalAlignment='Stretch'                 Width='2'                 Margin='0,5,0,5'                 Panel.ZIndex='1'/>             <Grid Grid.Column='0'>                 ...             </Grid>             <Grid Grid.Column='2'>                 ...             </Grid>         </Grid>     </Grid> </Window> 

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Update:

I think the problem is with the WebBrowser control. See new question:

WPF GridSplitter Doesn’t Work With WebBrowser Control?

Answer 1

If your Window is resized so its Width is less than the sum of your columns’ MinWidth, you’ll see the columns cut off, but otherwise I can’t reproduce your problem:

<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"         xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">     <Grid>         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>             <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="150" Width="*"/>             <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>             <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="400" Width="*"/>         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>          <GridSplitter             Width="2"             Grid.Column="1"             HorizontalAlignment="Center"             Margin="0,5,0,5"             Panel.ZIndex="1"             VerticalAlignment="Stretch"             ResizeBehavior="BasedOnAlignment"             ResizeDirection="Columns"/>          <Grid Grid.Column="0">             <Border Background="Red" Margin="5"/>         </Grid>          <Grid Grid.Column="2">             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>                 <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="150" Width="*"/>                 <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>                 <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="200" Width="*"/>             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>              <GridSplitter                 Width="2"                 Grid.Column="1"                 HorizontalAlignment="Center"                 Margin="0,5,0,5"                 Panel.ZIndex="1"                 VerticalAlignment="Stretch"                 ResizeBehavior="PreviousAndNext"                 ResizeDirection="Columns"/>              <Grid Grid.Column="0">                 <Border Background="Green" Margin="5"/>             </Grid>              <Grid Grid.Column="2">                 <Border Background="Blue" Margin="5"/>             </Grid>         </Grid>     </Grid> </Window> 

Expanding the red column, it will only expand until the right column reaches its MinWidth of 400, it won’t boot it off the page.

It’s possible you’re setting other properties of the Window or the outermost Grid that would cause this behavior…