:)

no probs at all. I had a sample app open at the time but wasn't using a
dockpanel. Didn't want to confuse you with dodgy code! ;)

Interestingly, it was a Silverlight app not a WPF app. Gotta love how so
much of XAML is cut n' paste compatible hey?

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Peter Maddin <[email protected]>wrote:

> Thanks. I compensated. I wasn’t expecting you to do all the work for me.
>
>
>
> With respect to
>
> >> This does correlate with what my text WPF 4 unleashed page 104 says.
>
> I think I read this with some preconceptions which weren’t true.
>
>
>
> Regards Peter.
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 March 2011 9:57 AM
>
> *To:* ozWPF
> *Subject:* Re: Buttons not filling available space
>
>
>
> oops... forgot to add dockpanel back to the Grid
>
>
>
>
>
>         <Grid Grid.Row="1" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
>
>             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
>
>                 <ColumnDefinition />
>
>                 <ColumnDefinition />
>
>             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
>
>             <Button Grid.Column="0" Content="Button" Margin="20" 
> Name="button1" Click="button1_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
>
>             <Button Grid.Column="1" Content="Button" Margin="20" 
> Name="button2" Click="button2_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"  />
>
>         </Grid>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Stephen Price <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>         <Grid Grid.Row="1">
>
>             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
>
>                 <ColumnDefinition />
>
>                 <ColumnDefinition />
>
>             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
>
>             <Button Grid.Column="0" Content="Button" Margin="20" 
> Name="button1" Click="button1_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
>
>             <Button Grid.Column="1" Content="Button" Margin="20" 
> Name="button2" Click="button2_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"  />
>
>         </Grid>
>
>
>
>
>
> Replace you Stackpanel with this and you should get what you were after?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Peter Maddin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> I am revisiting my UI WPF design.
>
>
>
> In the snippit below, I was expecting the two buttons to fill the entire
> space of the StackPanel while observing the margin requirements.
>
> However the two buttons are sized to their contents and not stretched.
>
>
>
>
>
>     <DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
>
>         <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" >
>
>             <Button Content="Button" Margin="20" Name="button1" 
> Click="button1_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
>
>             <Button Content="Button" Margin="20" Name="button2" 
> Click="button2_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"  />
>
>         </StackPanel>
>
>         <Grid >
>
>             <Ellipse  Name="ellipse1" Stroke="Black" Margin="50" />
>
>         </Grid>
>
>     </DockPanel>
>
>
>
> This does correlate with what my text WPF 4 unleashed page 104 says.
>
> Is there some other factor involved?
>
>
>
> Sorry that this such a basic question.
>
>
>
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