I understand there are a few post asking about adding buttons dynamically but I could not find out how to organize them on the stackpanel
.
I have no issue adding new buttons but is there any way to organize them in column and row?
<Grid Margin="400,0,0,0">
<StackPanel x:Name="stackpanel">
<Button x:Name="Button" Height="30" Width="100" Content="Button" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="20,20,0,0" Click="Button_Click"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Button b = new Button(); ;
stackpanel.Children.Add(b);
b.Content = "Button";
}
Please help.
Thanks.
Update:
I'd like to add button(s) based on how many times the button is clicked. It adds until 4th rom then move to the next/new column.
From the comments i took, that it is possbile to use a Grid
too. To achieve the desired layout you could use the following:
XAML:
<Grid Margin="400,0,0,0">
<Grid x:Name="myGrid">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="addBtn" Height="30" Width="100" Content="Button" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="20,20,0,0" Click="Button_Click"></Button>
</Grid>
</Grid>
I replaced your StackPanel
with a Grid
and added definitions for the four rows and the first column.
CS:
First we need to add a counter:
public int buttonCounter = 1;
Then we need to change the Button_Click
method:
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
//Create the button
Button b = new Button();
b.Height = 30;
b.Width = 100;
b.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
b.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
b.Margin = new Thickness(20, 20, 0, 0);
b.Content = "Button " + buttonCounter;
b.Click += Button_Click;
//Calculate the place of the button
int column = (int)(buttonCounter / 4);
int row = buttonCounter % 4;
//Check if you need to add a columns
if(row == 0)
{
ColumnDefinition col = new ColumnDefinition();
col.Width = new GridLength(column, GridUnitType.Auto);
myGrid.ColumnDefinitions.Add(col);
}
//Add the button
myGrid.Children.Add(b);
Grid.SetColumn(b, column);
Grid.SetRow(b, row);
buttonCounter++;
}
Inside this method, the position of the new button is automatically calculated and if needed, a new column is added to the grid.
Try this:
<Grid Margin="400,0,0,0">
<UniformGrid x:Name="ButtonsUniformGrid" Columns="2" Rows="4"/>
</Grid>
If you need to have a button at the beginning, when you initialize your view do the following:
Button b = new Button(); ;
b.Content = "Button";
b.Click += Button_Click;
ButtonsUniformGrid.Children.Add(b);
Then, everytime you click on it will put a new button in the grid. Let me know if you have any other questions about this :)
As commented Uwp
doesn't include UniformGrid
if you don't specify it in your xaml. If you want to use it, just include this:
xmlns:controls="using:Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls"
and your UniformGrid
will be like this:
<controls:UniformGrid...../>