Hierarchical grids

If I want to create a grid type UI in which each row can be expanded or
collapsed and when expanded it displays another grid below the line which
contains all the rows which make up the expanded row, what WPF control, if
any, might be the best to work with? Table? Grid?
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Thanks,
Nick

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Hello,
there is no Table layout control in WPF. The Grid is what you need (or
an Uniform Grid). The Grid has a RowDefinitions property which gives
you all the means of manipulating rows and columns, you can modify the
height, width, etc. The layout functions great, think of the Grid as a
2D StackPanel.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...finitions.aspx

Good luck.
Andrei Iacob

On Dec 18, 8:51 pm, nickdu <nicknospa...@community.nospam> wrote:
> If I want to create a grid type UI in which each row can be expanded or
> collapsed and when expanded it displays another grid below the line which
> contains all the rows which make up the expanded row, what WPF control, if
> any, might be the best to work with? Table? Grid?
> --
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> nicknospa...@community.nospam
> remove "nospam" change community. to msn.com

Hello,
there is no Table layout control in WPF. The Grid is what you need (or
an Uniform Grid). The Grid has a RowDefinitions property which gives
you all the means of manipulating rows and columns, you can modify the
height, width, etc. The layout functions great, think of the Grid as a
2D StackPanel.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...finitions.aspx

Good luck.
Andrei Iacob

On Dec 18, 8:51 pm, nickdu <nicknospa...@community.nospam> wrote:
> If I want to create a grid type UI in which each row can be expanded or
> collapsed and when expanded it displays another grid below the line which
> contains all the rows which make up the expanded row, what WPF control, if
> any, might be the best to work with? Table? Grid?
> --
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> nicknospa...@community.nospam
> remove "nospam" change community. to msn.com

Thanks, I'll check it out. But what do you mean when you say there is no
Table layout control? There is a Table control, right? And I assume it does
some sort of flow layout.
--
Thanks,
Nick

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"J" wrote:

> Hello,
> there is no Table layout control in WPF. The Grid is what you need (or
> an Uniform Grid). The Grid has a RowDefinitions property which gives
> you all the means of manipulating rows and columns, you can modify the
> height, width, etc. The layout functions great, think of the Grid as a
> 2D StackPanel.
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...finitions.aspx
>
> Good luck.
> Andrei Iacob
>
> On Dec 18, 8:51 pm, nickdu <nicknospa...@community.nospam> wrote:
> > If I want to create a grid type UI in which each row can be expanded or
> > collapsed and when expanded it displays another grid below the line which
> > contains all the rows which make up the expanded row, what WPF control, if
> > any, might be the best to work with? Table? Grid?
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> > nicknospa...@community.nospam
> > remove "nospam" change community. to msn.com
>
>

Thanks, I'll check it out. But what do you mean when you say there is no
Table layout control? There is a Table control, right? And I assume it does
some sort of flow layout.
--
Thanks,
Nick

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"J" wrote:

> Hello,
> there is no Table layout control in WPF. The Grid is what you need (or
> an Uniform Grid). The Grid has a RowDefinitions property which gives
> you all the means of manipulating rows and columns, you can modify the
> height, width, etc. The layout functions great, think of the Grid as a
> 2D StackPanel.
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...finitions.aspx
>
> Good luck.
> Andrei Iacob
>
> On Dec 18, 8:51 pm, nickdu <nicknospa...@community.nospam> wrote:
> > If I want to create a grid type UI in which each row can be expanded or
> > collapsed and when expanded it displays another grid below the line which
> > contains all the rows which make up the expanded row, what WPF control, if
> > any, might be the best to work with? Table? Grid?
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> > nicknospa...@community.nospam
> > remove "nospam" change community. to msn.com
>
>

A Table is a very document-centric layout control that is derived from
text-based controls. It has specialized logic for flowing text within a
block. A Grid, on the other hand, is a very general purpose layout control
and MUCH more common than Table in XAML code. Remember how people used to
(and still do, even though <div>s/CSS2 are recommended) use <table>s for
HTML layout? That's what a Grid is for in WPF. If you want to place
buttons, images, textboxes, etc. on a page, use the Grid; if you want to
write a word processor or publishing tool where your content needs to
dynamically flow (a stream of text flows differently than a bunch of
disparate controls) across sections of the page, you would use the Table.

A Table is a very document-centric layout control that is derived from
text-based controls. It has specialized logic for flowing text within a
block. A Grid, on the other hand, is a very general purpose layout control
and MUCH more common than Table in XAML code. Remember how people used to
(and still do, even though <div>s/CSS2 are recommended) use <table>s for
HTML layout? That's what a Grid is for in WPF. If you want to place
buttons, images, textboxes, etc. on a page, use the Grid; if you want to
write a word processor or publishing tool where your content needs to
dynamically flow (a stream of text flows differently than a bunch of
disparate controls) across sections of the page, you would use the Table.