How do I verticaly align items on GroupBox frame

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I would like to proper vertical align the items at the groupbox frame without using margin and padding. The result should look like this picture: http://up.picr.de/17284729tf.png[^] I doun't like to count the pixels. When I'm using

C#

VerticalAlignment="Center"

it centers depending at the window frame. Is there a way to do this?

C#

<UserControl x:Class="Automation.View.ControlWindow"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             Height="Auto" Width="Auto">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <GroupBox Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
            <GroupBox.Header>Control</GroupBox.Header>
        </GroupBox>
        <StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
            <Label  Content="Cycle count:" VerticalAlignment="Center"></Label>
            <TextBox x:Name="cycleCount"  Width="25" Height="24" TextAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">1</TextBox>
            <StackPanel Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center">
                <Button x:Name="cycleCountUp" Content="▲" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" FontSize="6"/>
                <Button x:Name="cycleCountDown" Content="▼" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="6"/>
            </StackPanel>
        </StackPanel>
        <StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" >
            <Button Width="75" Height="24" Margin="5" Click="Button_Click">Continue</Button>
            <Button Width="75" Height="24" Margin="5">Restart</Button>
        </StackPanel>

    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Posted 6-Feb-14 3:10am

matlab22

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johannesnestler · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-06T04:03:00

Hi matlab22,

You didn't specify any Content for your groupbox. Use a StackPanel as Content-Container then add your sub-stackpanels

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<groupbox grid.columnspan="2">
     <groupbox.header>Control</groupbox.header>
     <stackpanel>
         <stackpanel grid.column="0" orientation="Horizontal" horizontalalignment="Left"></stackpanel></stackpanel></groupbox>

btw. nothing wrong to set the margin - maybe through a style? And you are not counting pixels but "device units" ;-)

If you don't understand what I mean or need further help, feel free to ask..

Kind regards

Johannes

matlab22 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-06T05:37:00

Thx i missed this :S

C#

<grid>
    <groupbox>
        <groupbox.header>Control</groupbox.header>
        <grid>

            <grid.columndefinitions>
                <columndefinition width="Auto" />
                <columndefinition width="*" />
            </grid.columndefinitions>

            <stackpanel grid.column="0" orientation="Horizontal" horizontalalignment="Left">
                <Label  Content="Cycle count:" VerticalAlignment="Center"></Label>
                <textbox x:name="cycleCount" width="25" height="24" textalignment="Center" verticalalignment="Center" xmlns:x="#unknown">1</textbox>
                <stackpanel verticalalignment="Center">
                    <Button x:Name="cycleCountUp" Content="▲" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" FontSize="6"/>
                    <Button x:Name="cycleCountDown" Content="▼" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="6"/>
                </stackpanel>
            </stackpanel>

            <stackpanel grid.column="1" orientation="Horizontal" horizontalalignment="Right">
                <Button x:Name="continue_pause"  Width="75" Margin="5" Click="continue_pause_Click">Continue</Button>
                <Button x:Name="restart_stop" Width="75" Margin="5" Click="restart_stop_Click">Restart</Button>
            </stackpanel>

        </grid>
    </groupbox>
</grid>

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