Vista - Grid.Row Grid.Column set programatically at runtime

hi,
How to programatically change the Grid.Row and Grid.Column & ColumnSpan at
runtime.

I wanted a way to make my customer selection and shopping basket
XAML frames to be vertical or horizontally configurable, depending upon how
long a product's description was.

Took a bit to find this so im posting it to help others as i didnt find
anything myself.

Assuming you only have one grid per code behind file
(which is highly possible if you make your app very modular)

<!--XAML initial state to have both vertical for short product names-->

<!-- left -->
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center" >Click to Add</Label>
<Frame Name="SelectionFrame" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"
Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Margin="2"></Frame>

<!-- right -->
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center" >Click to Remove</Label>
<Frame Name="BasketFrame" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="1"
Margin="2"></Frame>

//c# code to move it to a horizontal position

//make top horiz left selection
Grid.SetColumnSpan(SelectionFrame, 2);
Grid.SetColumn(SelectionFrame, 0);

//make bottom horiz right basket
Grid.SetColumnSpan(BasketFrame, 2);
Grid.SetColumn(BasketFrame, 0);
Grid.SetRow(BasketFrame, 2);

craig.

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