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WPF Expander.Header horizontal stretch


I have an Expander in Wpf. In the header I have Label on left aligned and want to have a button on the right site. I use the following XAML:

<Expander HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" IsExpanded="True">
    <Expander.Header >
        <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Background="Aqua" Margin="0">
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <Label Grid.Column="0" Content="Label on the left site"/>
            <Button Grid.Column="1" Content="Button on the right"/>
         </Grid>
    </Expander.Header>
    <Label Content="Some Content"/>
</Expander>

But that does not work. The button in the header is aligned to the left, next to the label. Can anyone explain me how to do it right?


Solution

  • I was able to get content stretching in the header to work using the xaml provided below. Basically I data bind the grids HorizontailAlignment to the content presenter ancestor. Unfortunatley the solution provided by scher (data binding to ActualWidth) can cause ui elements to be displayed wider then there container resulting in controls being partially cut off.) Bolu's link to the article "Stretching Content in an Expander Header" uses code behind where as this example uses pure xaml.

    <ItemsControl x:Name="ItemGroups" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="0"   ItemsSource="{Binding Model.ItemGroups}" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" >
                <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <Expander Margin="4,0"   Header="{Binding}">
                            <Expander.HeaderTemplate>
                                <DataTemplate>
                                    <Grid  HorizontalAlignment="{Binding Path=HorizontalAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ContentPresenter}}, Mode=OneWayToSource}" >
                                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                            <ColumnDefinition   />
                                            <ColumnDefinition  Width="Auto"/>
                                            <ColumnDefinition  Width="64"/>
                                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    
                                        <TextBox Grid.Column="0"  Text="{Binding Name, Mode=TwoWay}" />
                                        <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding TotalCostString}" Margin="4,0"/>
                                        <Button Grid.Column="2" Command="{Binding DataContext.RemoveItemGroup, ElementName=ItemGroups, Mode=OneWay}" CommandParameter="{Binding}" Content="Remove"/>
                                    </Grid>         
                                </DataTemplate>
                            </Expander.HeaderTemplate>
                            <Expander.Content>
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Summary}"></TextBlock>
                            </Expander.Content>
                        </Expander>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
            </ItemsControl>