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I have this situation 1000 times already: I have grid with 2 columns and many rows. Mostly i have TextBlock in first column and TextBox in second but not always. Now when I have 50 rows and I decide to move row 49 to the first row in grid, and I don't want to swap rows, I want to insert it to first place. Then I need to change values of Grid.Row and Grid.Column of all the rest of controls. This i driving me crazy. How can I make this easier?

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If you have formatted your xaml code well, you can hold Alt key to select and cut Grid.Row="x" in every line and hold Alt key to select and paste them one line down.

eg.

<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Text="a"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="b"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Text="c"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="d"/>

you want to move <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="d"/> to the top. Just hold "Alt" key to select and copy:

Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Row="2"
Grid.Row="3"

Use Alt key again to paste them to replace the original

Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Row="2"

so you well get 

<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="a"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Text="b"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="c"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="e"/>

Then just move <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="d"/> to the top and change it Grid.Row to 0

Bolu
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  • A bit too dependent on formatting, also depends on how you sort things, e.g. by row or by column. – H.B. Aug 15 '11 at 12:46
  • @H.B. agree, if as OP said `I have this situation 1000 times already` I think it is the time to adapt an easy to modified formatting. – Bolu Aug 15 '11 at 12:50
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You could use something like the markup extension i outlined in this question right from the beginning, if you then need to insert a new row that should be less trouble.

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H.B.
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It sounds like you'd be better off using a ListBox or ListView.

Phil Gan
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