How to get bounds of the GridControl in WPF application?
GridControl does not have built-in property to get it’s bounds. Please use any one of the following WPF Grid suggestions to get the grid bounds.
Suggestion 1
In order to get the grid’s position on the screen with size, the FrameworkElement.TransformToAncestor method can be used with parent container instance (window).
C#
//parsing the grid as framework element with container
Rect rect = GetBoundingBox(grid as FrameworkElement, this);
private Rect GetBoundingBox(FrameworkElement element, Window containerWindow)
{
GeneralTransform transform = element.TransformToAncestor(containerWindow);
//To get the left and top location of the element.
Point topLeft = transform.Transform(new Point(0, 0));
//To get the right and bottom point of the element using height and width.
Point bottomRight = transform.Transform(new Point(element.ActualWidth, element.ActualHeight));
return new Rect(topLeft, bottomRight);
}
Suggestion 2
PointToScreen method of grid and parent container can be used to get the position of GridControl in window by subtracting the window position from control position.
C#
Point position = this.grid.PointToScreen(new Point(0d, 0d));
Point controlPosition = this.PointToScreen(new Point(0d, 0d));
//To get grid's exact position on the window.
position.X -= controlPosition.X;
position.Y -= controlPosition.Y;
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Conclusion
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