GridExtra

GridExtra is a custom panel library for WPF/UWP.

• ResponsiveGrid
  • Custom Panel class that provides bootstrap like grid system.
  • Grid system
    • switch layout with window width.
      • XS(<768px), SM(<992px), MD(<1200px), LG(1200px<=)
    • 12 columns across the page.(customizable with MaxDivision property)
• GridEx
  • Helper class that defines usefull attached properties for Grid panel.
• WrapPanelEx
  • Helper class that provide adaptive layout for WrapPanel.

install

Nuget Package

Install-Package GridExtra

https://www.nuget.org/packages/GridExtra/

Preparation

Add xmlns to xaml code.

For WPF

xmlns:ge="clr-namespace:SourceChord.GridExtra;assembly=GridExtra.Wpf"

For UWP

xmlns:ge="using:SourceChord.GridExtra"

Usage

ResponsiveGrid

ResponsiveGrid provides the grid layout system that is similar to Bootstrap framework.

Example

 <Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<StyleTargetType="{x:Type Border}">
<SetterProperty="BorderBrush"Value="Black" />
<SetterProperty="BorderThickness"Value="1" />
<SetterProperty="Background"Value="LightGray" />
<SetterProperty="Height"Value="60" />
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<rg:ResponsiveGrid>
<Border ge:ResponsiveGrid.XS="12" ge:ResponsiveGrid.SM="3" />
<Border ge:ResponsiveGrid.XS="12" ge:ResponsiveGrid.SM="6" />
<Border ge:ResponsiveGrid.XS="12" ge:ResponsiveGrid.SM="3" />
</rg:ResponsiveGrid>
</Grid>

extra small device(~768px)

small device(~992px)

Properties

Dependency Properties

Property Name	Type	Description
MaxDivision	int	Gets or sets a value that determines grid divisions.
BreakPoints	BreakPoints class
ShowGridLines	int	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether grid column's lines are visible within this ResponsiveGrid.

Attached Properties

Property Name	Type	Description
XS SM MD LG	int	Gets or sets a value that determines grid columns for XS(extra small), SM(small), MD(medium), LG(large) devices.
XS_Offset SM_Offset MD_Offset LG_Offset	int	Gets or sets a value that determines grid columns offset for XS(extra small), SM(small), MD(medium), LG(large) devices.
XS_Push SM_Push MD_Push LG_Push	int	Gets or sets a value that moves columns to right from the original position.
XS_Pull SM_Pull MD_Pull LG_Pull	int	Gets or sets a value that moves columns to left from the original position.

Compared to bootstrap

bootstrap	ResponsiveGrid
col-xs col-sm col-md col-lg	XS SM MD LG
col-xs-offset col-sm-offset col-md-offset col-lg-offset	XS_Offset SM_Offset MD_Offset LG_Offset
col-xs-push col-sm-push col-md-push col-lg-push	XS_Push SM_Push MD_Push LG_Push
col-xs-pull col-sm-pull col-md-pull col-lg-pull	XS_Pull SM_Pull MD_Pull LG_Pull
visibility-xs, visibility-sm,… hidden-xs, hidden-sm,...	(T.B.D.)

attention

ResponsiveGrid is not suitable for ItemsPanel, because it isn't implemented VirtualizingPanel class.

If you use ResponsiveGrid in ListBox as ItemsPanel. Your ListBox become to not virtualize items of ListBox.

GridEx

GridEx is Helper class for defining Grid properties.

Example1 (Row/Column Definition)

 <Grid ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="*, *, *, *"
ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="50, 75, *, 2*"ShowGridLines="True">
<Button Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="2"Margin="5"Content="Button" />
</Grid>

Row/Column Definition with Min/Max size

 <Grid ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="*, *, *, *"
ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="50, *(50-200), 2*(80-), 2*(-300)"ShowGridLines="True">
<Button Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="2"Margin="5"Content="Button" />
</Grid>

ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="50, *(50-200), 2*(80-), 2*(-300)" is similar to below definition.

 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinitionWidth="50"/>
<ColumnDefinitionWidth="*"MinWidth="50"MaxWidth="200"/>
<ColumnDefinitionWidth="2*"MinWidth="80"/>
<ColumnDefinitionWidth="2*"MaxWidth="300"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

Example2 (Area Definition)

Area property provides the way of defineing Row/Column/RowSpan/ColumnSpan.

 <Grid ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="*, *, *, *"
ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="*, *, *, *"ShowGridLines="True">
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.Area="0, 0, 1, 2"Content="GridEx.Area=&quot;0, 0, 1, 2&quot;" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.Area="2, 1, 2, 3"Content="GridEx.Area=&quot;2, 1, 2, 3&quot;" />
</Grid>

Example3 (Named Template Area)

TemplateArea provides named grid areas, like CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1.
TemplateArea property makes row/column definition. And, define region's name.

Children of Grid can be placed with region's name, that is defined by TemplateArea property.

 <Grid ge:GridEx.TemplateArea=" Header Header Header &#10; Menu Content SubMenu &#10; Footer Footer Footer &#10;"ShowGridLines="True">
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Header"Content="Header" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Menu"Content="Menu" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Content"Content="Content" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="SubMenu"Content="SubMenu" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Footer"Content="Footer" />
</Grid>

Row devision is defined by line feed or /.

• line feed
  • \n(.cs)
  • 
(xaml)
• /

 <Grid ge:GridEx.TemplateArea=" Header Header Header/ Menu Content SubMenu/ Footer Footer Footer/">

Example4 (Named Template Area, working with RowDefinition/ColumnDefintion)

 <Grid ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="50, *, 30"
ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="*, 2*, 100"
ge:GridEx.TemplateArea=" Header Header Header/ Menu Content SubMenu/ Footer Footer Footer/"ShowGridLines="True">
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Header"Content="Header" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Menu"Content="Menu" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Content"Content="Content" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="SubMenu"Content="SubMenu" />
<ButtonMargin="5"
ge:GridEx.AreaName="Footer"Content="Footer" />
</Grid>

Attached Properties(for Grid)

Property Name	Type	Description
RowDefinition	string	Sets a value that determines row definition of Grid.
ColumnDefinition	string	Sets a value that determines column definition of Grid.
TemplateArea	string	Sets a definition of grid devision and area names.

Attached Properties(for Grid children)

Property Name	Type	Description
Area	string	Sets a value that determines Row, Column, RowSpan, ColumnSpan properties.
AreaName	string	Sets a name of regions for item's belong.(use with TemplateArea property)

Example5 (Auto fill children)

Attached Properties(for Grid)

Property Name	Type	Description
AutoFillChildren	string	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the Grid arranges its children to each cell.
AutoFillOrientation	string	Sets a value that determines auto fill orientation.

Attached Properties(for Grid children)

Property Name	Type	Description
AutoFillSpan	string	Sets a value that determines cell span value that is used during AutoFill process.

 <Grid ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="*, *"
ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="Auto, Auto, Auto"
ge:GridEx.AutoFillChildren="True"ShowGridLines="True">
<TextBlockText="Name:" />
<TextBoxVerticalAlignment="Top"Margin="5"/>
<TextBlockText="Age:" />
<TextBoxVerticalAlignment="Top"Margin="5"/>
<Button ge:GridEx.Area="2, 1, 1, 1"Margin="5"Width="60"HorizontalAlignment="Right"Content="OK" />
</Grid>

AutoFillChildren with Hidden/Collapsed items

 <Grid ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="*, *, *"
ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="*, *"
ge:GridEx.AutoFillChildren="True">
<ButtonContent="1"Visibility="Hidden"/>
<ButtonContent="2" />
<ButtonContent="3" />
<ButtonContent="4" />
<ButtonContent="5"Visibility="Collapsed" />
<ButtonContent="6" />
</Grid>

AutoFillChildren with pinned items

 <Grid ge:GridEx.ColumnDefinition="*, *, *"
ge:GridEx.RowDefinition="*, *"
ge:GridEx.AutoFillChildren="True">
<ButtonContent="1" />
<ButtonContent="2" />
<ButtonContent="3" />
<ButtonContent="4" />
<ButtonContent="Fixed Item" ge:GridEx.Area="0,1,1,1"/>
</Grid>

WrapPanelEx (WPF Only)

WrapPanelEx is Helper class that provide adaptive layout for WrapPanel.

Example1

WrapPanelEx.AdaptiveLayout property makes WrapPanel into UWP Community Toolkit's AdaptiveGridView like layout.

 <Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinitionHeight="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<WrapPanelItemWidth="200"ItemHeight="70"Orientation="Horizontal"
ge:WrapPanelEx.AdaptiveLayout="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName=chkIsAdaptive}">
<Button />
<Button />
<Button />
<Button />
<Button />
<Button />
<Button />
</WrapPanel>
<CheckBoxx:Name="chkIsAdaptive"
Grid.Row="1"Margin="5"Content="WrapPanelEx.AdaptiveLayout"/>
</Grid>

Lisence

MIT