Difficulties to use columnspan

Question

I have grid with four texboxs like these :

What I have

And I would to get this:

What I want

I have tried to play with column span but with no success :(

<Grid Margin="20,0,0,20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <RowDefinition />                                           
    <RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>

<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock  Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,0,10,0" x:Name="TxtBox_CodeTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strCode}"  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23"/>
<TextBlock  Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,0,10,0" x:Name="TxtBox_NomTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strNom}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23" />
<TextBlock  Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,0,05,0" x:Name="TxtBox_CPostal" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strCpostal}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
<TextBlock  Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,0,05,0" x:Name="TxtBox_Ville" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strVille}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
</Grid>

It better with this :)

<Grid Margin="12,0,0,20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <RowDefinition />                                           
    <RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>

<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
    <ColumnDefinition/>
    <ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"  x:Name="TxtBox_CodeTiers" Margin="0,0,20,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strCode}"  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23" Loaded="TxtBlock_Loaded"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2"  x:Name="TxtBox_NomTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strNom}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23" Loaded="TxtBlock_Loaded"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"  x:Name="TxtBox_CPostal" Margin="0,0,20,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strCpostal}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}" Loaded="TxtBlock_Loaded"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="TxtBox_Ville" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strVille}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"  Loaded="TxtBlock_Loaded"/>
</Grid>

Use two `` inside of a regular `` instead of a `Grid`. Grids are meant to be used for laying out controls in a tabular way. — Rachel, Jan 28 '13 at 21:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '13 at 21:14

You will probably need to add another column for the "C" and "D" boxes to line up against, then just set the ColumnSpan on the "A" box to span the new column

  <Grid Margin="20,0,0,20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition />
            <RowDefinition />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="121*"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="52*"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="190*"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"  x:Name="TxtBox_CodeTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="AAAAAAAAA"  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23"/>
        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2"  x:Name="TxtBox_NomTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="BBBBBBBB"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23" />
        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"  x:Name="TxtBox_CPostal" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="CCCCCCCCCCC"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="TxtBox_Ville" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="DDDDDDDDD"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"  />
    </Grid>

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Thanks ! I added the solution (with your help) on my question ! Nevertheless i don't know what is the difference between using margin or columnDefinition widht="" in my case ! — Walter Fabio Simoni, Jan 28 '13 at 21:54
Margin sets the distance from the edges of the "cells", eg: Margin="5" will set the textblock 5 pixels from each side of the column/row — sa_ddam213, Jan 28 '13 at 21:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '13 at 21:19

You can use in the second grid row StackPanel:

<Grid Margin="20,0,0,20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition />
        <RowDefinition />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <TextBlock  Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,0,10,0" x:Name="TxtBox_CodeTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strCode}"  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23"/>
    <TextBlock  Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,0,10,0" x:Name="TxtBox_NomTiers" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strNom}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="23" />      
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
        <TextBlock Margin="0,0,05,0" x:Name="TxtBox_CPostal" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strCpostal}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
        <TextBlock Margin="0,0,05,0" x:Name="TxtBox_Ville" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding m_strVille}"   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
    </StackPanel>
</Grid>

Difficulties to use columnspan

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