i have a Grid with two columns, the left side column used to show a list of items (ListBox) and the right side zone is reserved for a DataGrid.
The left side Column should have an initial width of 200px and Minimum allowed Width being 100px. The Right side zone, has a Width of “*” Full-Width and limited to 100px minimum Width.
Unfortunately when i use a GridSplitter like this it doesn’t work properly:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="200" MinWidth="100" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="5"/> <!-- This Column used for the GridSplitter. -->
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" MinWidth="100" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ListBox Grid.Column="0" />
<GridSplitter Grid.Column="1" Background="White" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" ResizeDirection="Columns" />
<DataGrid Grid.Column="2" />
</Grid>
Your Column Initial Width one has 200 while the other Has “*” (ignore the 5px as it makes no difference).
Now the GridSplitter Tries to check whether the Minimum Width is reached or not, by comparing the given MinWidth against the Initial Width “*”.
The width “*” is converted to double as Double.Nan, thus comparing “*” with 200 will always result in Nan, or in other words it cannot be done.
I believe it’s some sort of Bug/Mistake in the GridSplitter code and should be fixed in some coming .NET releases.
WORKAROUND:
Yet there is an easy workaround, which might give similar behavior as you wanted if not even a better one.
You can Set the Width of the First Column to "1"* and the Width of the second column to "3"*.
and Keep the Minimum Widths and other values as they are that should fix the problem.
XAML Example:
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" MinWidth="100" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="5"/> <!-- This Column used for the GridSplitter. -->
<ColumnDefinition Width="3*" MinWidth="100" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
NOTE:
You may use any values you want for the Column Width as long as all Resize-able columns are Similar, i.e. If you use "x"* for Column A then use "y"* for Column B, and if you use “x” for Column A then use “y” for Column B.