minimize/maximize a user control (grid) with a button

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I have several user controls that have various buttons and text boxes (the button might call another user control), and I am trying to figure out how to be able to minimize and maximize each of the user controls/grids so that when the user is finished entering what is needed for that control the window won't expand to the point where it is hard to read what is on the screen. I can get a minimize button that when clicked it shrinks the size, but I don't know how to go back and forth if they wanted to go back and change something they entered.

HTML

<Button Name="minimize" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="5" Width="20" Height="20" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Click="minimize_Click">
        <TextBlock Text="-" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" />
</Button>

with the code behind

C#

private void minimize_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    this.Height = 50;
}

I am sure there is a better way - maybe some way to do both the minimize/maximize with the same button?? Any suggestions will be appreciated!

Posted 28-Aug-12 7:12am

VonBryant

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Solution 1

You problem is not well defined to me, but you could always use triggers and ScaleTransform:
Using EventTrigger in XAML for MVVM – No Code Behind[^]

Scale transform:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.scaletransform.aspx[^]

But again, Im not quite sure what you want, so if this dosnt answer the question pleas Improve it :)

Posted 28-Aug-12 7:20am

Kenneth Haugland

Solution 2

What you might want to do is use a ToggleButton instead of a button. Then a trigger can minimize when the button IsChecked, and all you have to do is uncheck it to maximize again.

Posted 28-Aug-12 7:57am

Clifford Nelson

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VonBryant · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-28T08:28:00

I ended up doing

HTML

<button grid.row="0" grid.column="5" width="20" height="20" click="minimize_Click" horizontalalignment="Right" mode="hold" />    <Grid>
      <TextBlock Name="minSize" Text="-" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Visibility="Visible"/>
      <TextBlock Name="maxSize" Text="+" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Visibility="Hidden" />
    </Grid>
</Button>

then in the code behind

C#

double height = 0;
private void minimize_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
   if (minSize.Visibility == System.Windows.Visibility.Visible)
   {
      height = this.Height;
      this.Height = 50;
      minSize.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
      maxSize.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Visible;
   }
   else
   {
      minSize.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Visible;
      maxSize.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
      this.Height = height;
   }
}