Is there a simple way to describe a list of equal objects in XAML?

Question

I have a list of 34 column definitions, the list looks as follows:

<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

Is there an easier way to do this? The amount is fixed.

Answer 1

You can either use an UniformGrid (like said in the comment). The content will be added column after column.

<UniformGrid Columns="34">
    <Label/> <!--c1-->
    <Label/> <!--c2-->
    <Label/> <!--c3-->
    <!-- ... -->
</UniformGrid>

Or create a class, inherit from Grid and add a property for the number of columns. You will keep the behaviour of a Grid.

class GridWithFixedNbrCol : Grid
{
    public int Columns
    {
        get { return ColumnDefinitions.Count; }
        set
        {
            ColumnDefinitions.Clear();
            for (int i = 0; i < value; i++)
                ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition());
        }
    }
}

The content is added in the right column with Grid.Column like a normal grid

<local:GridWithFixedNbrCol Columns="34">
    <Label Grid.Column="2"/>
    <Label Grid.Column="17"/>
    <Label Grid.Column="18"/>
</local:GridWithFixedNbrCol>