Given the above image, how would I go about to setup my Absolute Layouts?
I would like to have my blue absolute layout overlap the red border absolute layout. I understand there's a doc explaining how AbsoluteLayouts work however I still don't completely understand it 100%.
I have tried setting up the layouts the following way but the blue square is always hidden.
With the below code I don't end up seeing the blue layout at all.
<AbsoluteLayout>
<AbsoluteLayout x:Name="BlueSquare">
<StackLayout> (Asumme there is a list of things in here) </StackLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
<AbsoluteLayout x:Name="RedBorderArea">
<StackLayout> (Asumme there is another list of stuff in here) </StackLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
After tinkering around I needed to add the Blue square layout last and i removed the RedSquares parent layout.
<AbsoluteLayout>
<StackLayout x:Name="RedBorderArea" AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All" AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0.5,0.5,1,1"> (Asumme there is another list of stuff in here) </StackLayout>
<AbsoluteLayout x:Name="BlueSquare" LayoutFlags="PositionProportional, WidthProportional" LayoutBounds="1,0,1,1">
<StackLayout> (Asumme there is a list of things in here) </StackLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
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In my .NET MAUI app, I'm implementing chat feature and want to make sure that the Editor and Button are perfectly located at the bottom of the screen.
I created a Grid for the controls to produce this layout
The problem I'm having is with the Editor width because if I get it to look right on Android, it's not perfect on iOS and vice versa.
Here's how I approached it:
<Grid
RowDefinitions="50"
ColumnDefinitions="*,50"
RowSpacing="0"
ColumnSpacing="5"
HorizontalOptions="StartAndExpand"
Margin="5,5,5,5">
<Editor
Grid.Column="0" />
<Button
Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
Other than entering some arbitrary number for WidthRequest for the Editor, how do I set the width for it so that it always takes up all the available space and look like it in the picture?
After setting HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" as Jason suggested like below, it looks right on Android and iOS.
<Grid
RowDefinitions="50"
ColumnDefinitions="*,50"
RowSpacing="0"
ColumnSpacing="5"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
Margin="5">
<Editor
Grid.Column="0" />
<Button
Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
I would like to add label above Syncfusion Datagrid but the label is hidden when I run the app in the following page.
See the following repos for complete app.
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="DataGrid.Views.OrderInfoRepositoryView"
xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.DataGrid;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.DataGrid"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:DataGrid"
Title="Order Info Repository View">
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<local:OrderInfoRepositoryViewModel x:Name="viewModel" />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<ContentPage.Content>
<VerticalStackLayout Margin="20"
Spacing="10">
<Label Text="OrderInfo"
Margin="10,10,10,10"
TextColor="White"
BackgroundColor="Red"/>
<syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid"
ItemsSource="{Binding OrderInfoCollection}">
</syncfusion:SfDataGrid>
</VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage.Content>
Did try the following but same result.
<Label Text="OrderInfo"
Margin="10,10,10,10"
TextColor="White"
BackgroundColor="Red"/>
<syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid"
ItemsSource="{Binding OrderInfoCollection}">
</syncfusion:SfDataGrid>
</VerticalStackLayout>
Here Android screenshot
Added LineHeight and fontSize. No change
Tested with HeightRequest. No change.
It appears that you have set the Content for the ContentPage as DataGrid in OrderInfoRepositoryView.xaml.cs file. Please refer to the below file,
https://github.com/JeanMarcFlamand/MauiSyncFusionExamples/blob/master/DataGrid/Views/OrderInfoRepositoryView.xaml.cs#L12
You are adding the DataGrid as the content of the page in code behind i.e., OrderInfoRepositoryView constructor. That’s why the DataGrid alone is displaying without Label. We request that you remove the codes inside the OrderInfoRepositoryView constructor to overcome the issue.
In my .NET MAUI app, I'm using the AvatarView in.NET MAUI Community Toolkit to create a nicely round user avatar which is pretty easy to do.
I now want to put a nice border around the image but I'm not getting the desired effect because when I set the BorderWidth property of the AvatarView, it places the border "inside" the image which makes the visible area smaller. I actually want to put the border "outside" the image so that I don't lose anything from the visible area. Here's an image that demonstrates this:
BTW, I tried setting the HeightRequest and WidthRequst larger and then setting the BorderWidth but it still seems to make the visible area smaller because all that's doing is that it makes the main image larger and with the border set, the visible area still doesn't show the additional data/area.
Here's my current code which places the border within the image -- which I can safely assume is the standard behavior.
<mct:AvatarView
ImageSource="{Binding UserInfo.AvatarUrl}"
BorderColor="{StaticResource UILightGray}"
BorderWidth="10"
CornerRadius="70"
HeightRequest="140"
WidthRequest="140"/>
How do I achieve the effect that I want? Basically, I'd like the border to go outside of the image, effectively adding some 10 pixels to the size of the image.
Alternatively, I don't mind placing the border within the image but I need a way to make the actual image 10 pixel smaller so that the visible area stays the same.
How can I achieve this by using or not using .NET MAUI Community Toolkit?
If you don't want to use the community toolkit package, then wrap the image with a Frame would be a trade-off for this scenario. And also you need to set the Aspect of the image to AspectFit.
<Frame HeightRequest="140"
WidthRequest="140"
CornerRadius="70"
HorizontalOptions="Center"
IsClippedToBounds="True"
Padding="0"
BorderColor="Gray"
Margin="0,0,0,0">
<Image
Aspect="AspectFit"
Source="dotnet_bot.png"
SemanticProperties.Description="Cute dot net bot waving hi to you!"
HeightRequest="140"
WidthRequest="140"
VerticalOptions="Center"
HorizontalOptions="Center" />
</Frame>
Update:
You can also wrap a Border as Steve suggested.
<Border HeightRequest="160"
WidthRequest="160"
StrokeShape="RoundRectangle 80,80,80,80"
HorizontalOptions="Center"
StrokeThickness="8"
Margin="0,0,0,0">
<Image
Aspect="AspectFit"
Source="dotnet_bot.png"
SemanticProperties.Description="Cute dot net bot waving hi to you!"
HeightRequest="160"
WidthRequest="160"
VerticalOptions="Center"
HorizontalOptions="Center" />
</Border>
I'm trying to position a StackLayout to the bottom of the page using an AbsoluteLayout as demonstrated in below code sample. However the position flag is treated as absolute value not proportional resulting in having the StackLayout positioned in the top of the page (rather in the bottom). When I inclemently increase the position value, the StackLayout starts to shift downward which it should not since the the layoutFlags are set to "All". Any help would be appreciated in help to resolve this issue, is it a bug in .net MAUI?
<AbsoluteLayout Margin="5">
<StackLayout BackgroundColor="White"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0,1,1,0.2"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All">
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalOptions="Center">
<Label Text="التاريخ المحدد:"/>
<Label x:Name="selectedDeliveryDate"/>
</StackLayout>
<Button x:Name="confirmDateSelected" Text="تأكيد" BackgroundColor="#009688" Margin="20,5,20,5" Clicked="confirmDateSelected_Clicked"/>
</StackLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
It works for me.
The problem is something you don't show:
What did you place <AbsoluteLayout ... inside of?
The proportions of AbsoluteLayout are relative to whatever layout it is inside of.
Here I've taken your code, but changed background color to "Red", and placed it directly inside a page:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="MauiApp7t.Page3"
Title="Page3">
<AbsoluteLayout Margin="5">
<StackLayout BackgroundColor="Red"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0,1,1,0.2"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All">
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalOptions="Center">
<Label Text="التاريخ المحدد:"/>
<Label x:Name="selectedDeliveryDate"/>
</StackLayout>
</StackLayout>
</AbsoluteLayout>
</ContentPage>
This does what you describe: My "red" area is at bottom of screen:
Tested on both Windows and Android.
Tested both as a stand-alone page, and as a page within AppShell.
I'm trying to build a UI where there's a small section that's always at the top of the page, and a small section that's always at the bottom. The middle section I want to have fill up the entire rest of the page height. I thought it would be something like the XAML below but it's not working - the middle section never fills up the available space. Was hoping someone could point out what I'm doing wrong. Simplified markup below:
<Grid RowDefinitions="60,*,60" ColumnDefinitions="*">
<HorizontalStackLayout Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">
<!-- top stuff here -->
</HorizontalStackLayout>
<VerticalStackLayout Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" VerticalOptions="Fill">
<!-- middle section here -->
</VerticalStackLayout>
<Grid Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">
<!-- bottom section here -->
</Grid>
</Grid>
NOTE: When pasting into this question the editor strips out the closing <//Grid> tag.
When in doubt, use ..AndExpand to be sure all space is used.
<Grid RowDefinitions="60,*,60" ColumnDefinitions="*"
VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" >
...
<VerticalStackLayout Grid.Row="1" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" ...
UPDATE
Actually, your original code does what it should for me, testing on both Windows and Android, when I set MainPage = new MainPage(); and have that code in MainPage. With a BackgroundColor on the middle part, so I can see it expand as desired.
So, what is different in your setup?
Are you using AppShell?
Testing on platform other than Windows or Android?
You didn't test the "simplified markup" you show, so the problem is elsewhere in your actual markup?