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Need to add Grid. ColumnSpan="the columns you want to cover" Grid. RowSpan= "The rows you want to cover" in Border tag. Otherwise it only covers the first cell.
To place a border around an element, WPF provides the Border element. Similar to other WPF elements, the Border has Width, Height, Background, and HorizontalAlignment and VerticalAlignment properties. Besides these common properties, Border has two properties that make Border a border.
To apply a border to a XAML element, you can place the element within a Border element, The BorderThickness and BorderBrush are two main properties of a Border The BorderBrush property represents the brush that is used to draw the border. The BorderThickness property represents the thickness of the border.
If you just want an outer border, the easiest way is to put it in a Border control:
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Grid>
<!-- Grid contents here -->
</Grid>
</Border>
The reason you're seeing the border completely fill your control is that, by default, it's HorizontalAlignment and VerticalAlignment are set to Stretch. Try the following:
<Grid>
<Border HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Grid Height="166" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="grid1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="479" Background="#FFF2F2F2" />
</Border>
</Grid>
This should get you what you're after (though you may want to put a margin on all 4 sides, not just 2...)
If nesting your grid in a border control
<Border>
<Grid>
</Grid>
</Border>
does not do what you want, then you are going to have to make your own control template for the grid (or border) that DOES do what you want.
I think your problem is that the margin should be specified in the border tag and not in the grid.
This is a later answer that works for me, if it may be of use to anyone in the future. I wanted a simple border around all four sides of the grid and I achieved it like so...
<DataGrid x:Name="dgDisplay" Margin="5" BorderBrush="#1266a7" BorderThickness="1"...
<Grid x:Name="outerGrid">
<Grid x:Name="innerGrid">
<Border BorderBrush="#FF179AC8" BorderThickness="2" />
<other stuff></other stuff>
<other stuff></other stuff>
</Grid>
</Grid>
This code Wrap a border inside the "innerGrid"
If someone is interested in the similar problem, but is not working with XAML, here's my solution:
var B1 = new Border();
B1.BorderBrush = Brushes.Black;
B1.BorderThickness = new Thickness(0, 1, 0, 0); // You can specify here which borders do you want
YourPanel.Children.Add(B1);
This is my solution, wish useful for you:
public class Sheet : Grid
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty BorderBrushProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(BorderBrush), typeof(Brush), typeof(Sheet), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(Brushes.Transparent, FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsMeasure | FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsRender, OnBorderBrushChanged));
public static readonly DependencyProperty BorderThicknessProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(BorderThickness), typeof(double), typeof(Sheet), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(1D, FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsMeasure | FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsRender, OnBorderThicknessChanged, CoerceBorderThickness));
public static readonly DependencyProperty CellSpacingProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(CellSpacing), typeof(double), typeof(Sheet), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(0D, FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsMeasure | FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsRender, OnCellSpacingChanged, CoerceCellSpacing));
public Brush BorderBrush
{
get => this.GetValue(BorderBrushProperty) as Brush;
set => this.SetValue(BorderBrushProperty, value);
}
public double BorderThickness
{
get => (double)this.GetValue(BorderThicknessProperty);
set => this.SetValue(BorderThicknessProperty, value);
}
public double CellSpacing
{
get => (double)this.GetValue(CellSpacingProperty);
set => this.SetValue(CellSpacingProperty, value);
}
protected override Size ArrangeOverride(Size arrangeSize)
{
Size size = base.ArrangeOverride(arrangeSize);
double border = this.BorderThickness;
double doubleBorder = border * 2D;
double spacing = this.CellSpacing;
double halfSpacing = spacing * 0.5D;
if (border > 0D || spacing > 0D)
{
foreach (UIElement child in this.InternalChildren)
{
this.GetChildBounds(child, out double left, out double top, out double width, out double height);
left += halfSpacing + border;
top += halfSpacing + border;
height -= spacing + doubleBorder;
width -= spacing + doubleBorder;
if (width < 0D)
{
width = 0D;
}
if (height < 0D)
{
height = 0D;
}
left -= left % 0.5D;
top -= top % 0.5D;
width -= width % 0.5D;
height -= height % 0.5D;
child.Arrange(new Rect(left, top, width, height));
}
if (border > 0D && this.BorderBrush != null)
{
this.InvalidateVisual();
}
}
return size;
}
protected override void OnRender(DrawingContext dc)
{
base.OnRender(dc);
if (this.BorderThickness > 0D && this.BorderBrush != null)
{
if (this.CellSpacing == 0D)
{
this.DrawCollapsedBorder(dc);
}
else
{
this.DrawSeperatedBorder(dc);
}
}
}
private void DrawSeperatedBorder(DrawingContext dc)
{
double spacing = this.CellSpacing;
double halfSpacing = spacing * 0.5D;
#region draw border
Pen pen = new Pen(this.BorderBrush, this.BorderThickness);
UIElementCollection children = this.InternalChildren;
foreach (UIElement child in children)
{
this.GetChildBounds(child, out double left, out double top, out double width, out double height);
left += halfSpacing;
top += halfSpacing;
width -= spacing;
height -= spacing;
dc.DrawRectangle(null, pen, new Rect(left, top, width, height));
}
#endregion
}
private void DrawCollapsedBorder(DrawingContext dc)
{
RowDefinitionCollection rows = this.RowDefinitions;
ColumnDefinitionCollection columns = this.ColumnDefinitions;
int rowCount = rows.Count;
int columnCount = columns.Count;
const byte BORDER_LEFT = 0x08;
const byte BORDER_TOP = 0x04;
const byte BORDER_RIGHT = 0x02;
const byte BORDER_BOTTOM = 0x01;
byte[,] borderState = new byte[rowCount, columnCount];
int column = columnCount - 1;
int columnSpan;
int row = rowCount - 1;
int rowSpan;
#region generate main border data
for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++)
{
borderState[i, 0] = BORDER_LEFT;
borderState[i, column] = BORDER_RIGHT;
}
for (int i = 0; i < columnCount; i++)
{
borderState[0, i] |= BORDER_TOP;
borderState[row, i] |= BORDER_BOTTOM;
}
#endregion
#region generate child border data
UIElementCollection children = this.InternalChildren;
foreach (UIElement child in children)
{
this.GetChildLayout(child, out row, out rowSpan, out column, out columnSpan);
for (int i = 0; i < rowSpan; i++)
{
borderState[row + i, column] |= BORDER_LEFT;
borderState[row + i, column + columnSpan - 1] |= BORDER_RIGHT;
}
for (int i = 0; i < columnSpan; i++)
{
borderState[row, column + i] |= BORDER_TOP;
borderState[row + rowSpan - 1, column + i] |= BORDER_BOTTOM;
}
}
#endregion
#region draw border
Pen pen = new Pen(this.BorderBrush, this.BorderThickness);
double left;
double top;
double width, height;
for (int r = 0; r < rowCount; r++)
{
RowDefinition v = rows[r];
top = v.Offset;
height = v.ActualHeight;
for (int c = 0; c < columnCount; c++)
{
byte state = borderState[r, c];
ColumnDefinition h = columns[c];
left = h.Offset;
width = h.ActualWidth;
if ((state & BORDER_LEFT) == BORDER_LEFT)
{
dc.DrawLine(pen, new Point(left, top), new Point(left, top + height));
}
if ((state & BORDER_TOP) == BORDER_TOP)
{
dc.DrawLine(pen, new Point(left, top), new Point(left + width, top));
}
if ((state & BORDER_RIGHT) == BORDER_RIGHT && (c + 1 >= columnCount || (borderState[r, c + 1] & BORDER_LEFT) == 0))
{
dc.DrawLine(pen, new Point(left + width, top), new Point(left + width, top + height));
}
if ((state & BORDER_BOTTOM) == BORDER_BOTTOM && (r + 1 >= rowCount || (borderState[r + 1, c] & BORDER_TOP) == 0))
{
dc.DrawLine(pen, new Point(left, top + height), new Point(left + width, top + height));
}
}
}
#endregion
}
private void GetChildBounds(UIElement child, out double left, out double top, out double width, out double height)
{
ColumnDefinitionCollection columns = this.ColumnDefinitions;
RowDefinitionCollection rows = this.RowDefinitions;
int rowCount = rows.Count;
int row = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.RowProperty);
if (row >= rowCount)
{
row = rowCount - 1;
}
int rowSpan = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.RowSpanProperty);
if (row + rowSpan > rowCount)
{
rowSpan = rowCount - row;
}
int columnCount = columns.Count;
int column = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.ColumnProperty);
if (column >= columnCount)
{
column = columnCount - 1;
}
int columnSpan = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.ColumnSpanProperty);
if (column + columnSpan > columnCount)
{
columnSpan = columnCount - column;
}
left = columns[column].Offset;
top = rows[row].Offset;
ColumnDefinition right = columns[column + columnSpan - 1];
width = right.Offset + right.ActualWidth - left;
RowDefinition bottom = rows[row + rowSpan - 1];
height = bottom.Offset + bottom.ActualHeight - top;
if (width < 0D)
{
width = 0D;
}
if (height < 0D)
{
height = 0D;
}
}
private void GetChildLayout(UIElement child, out int row, out int rowSpan, out int column, out int columnSpan)
{
int rowCount = this.RowDefinitions.Count;
row = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.RowProperty);
if (row >= rowCount)
{
row = rowCount - 1;
}
rowSpan = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.RowSpanProperty);
if (row + rowSpan > rowCount)
{
rowSpan = rowCount - row;
}
int columnCount = this.ColumnDefinitions.Count;
column = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.ColumnProperty);
if (column >= columnCount)
{
column = columnCount - 1;
}
columnSpan = (int)child.GetValue(Grid.ColumnSpanProperty);
if (column + columnSpan > columnCount)
{
columnSpan = columnCount - column;
}
}
private static void OnBorderBrushChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
if (d is UIElement element)
{
element.InvalidateVisual();
}
}
private static void OnBorderThicknessChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
if (d is UIElement element)
{
element.InvalidateArrange();
}
}
private static void OnCellSpacingChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
if (d is UIElement element)
{
element.InvalidateArrange();
}
}
private static object CoerceBorderThickness(DependencyObject d, object baseValue)
{
if (baseValue is double value)
{
return value < 0D || double.IsNaN(value) || double.IsInfinity(value) ? 0D : value;
}
return 0D;
}
private static object CoerceCellSpacing(DependencyObject d, object baseValue)
{
if (baseValue is double value)
{
return value < 0D || double.IsNaN(value) || double.IsInfinity(value) ? 0D : value;
}
return 0D;
}
}
a demo:
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