wpf-4.0

How to grow/shrink a TextBlock (Font Size) to the available space in WPF?

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The WPF Viewbox control will grow / shrink its contents to the available space: http://www.wpftutorial.net/ViewBox.html Just place your TextBlock within a ViewBox: <Viewbox Stretch=”Uniform” Width=”50″ Height=”50″> <TextBlock Text=”Test” /> </Viewbox> Of course, your Viewbox is typically scaled by its container, but hopefully you get the idea!

Disable DataGrid current cell border in FullRow selection mode

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You could set the BorderThickness for DataGridCell to 0 <DataGrid … SelectionUnit=”FullRow”> <DataGrid.CellStyle> <Style TargetType=”DataGridCell”> <Setter Property=”BorderThickness” Value=”0″/> <!– Update from comments. Remove the focus indication for the selected cell –> <Setter Property=”FocusVisualStyle” Value=”{x:Null}”/> </Style> </DataGrid.CellStyle> <!– … –> </DataGrid>

Difference between ObservableCollection and BindingList

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An ObservableCollection can be updated from UI exactly like any collection. The true difference is rather straightforward: ObservableCollection<T> implements INotifyCollectionChanged which provides notification when the collection is changed (you guessed ^^) It allows the binding engine to update the UI when the ObservableCollection is updated. However, BindingList<T> implements IBindingList. IBindingList provides notification on collection changes, … Read more