Where can I find a SplitPanel control for WPF? GridSplitter is not behaving as expected.

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Hi:

I am looking for a slider or panel slider in WPF.

I have tried using the GridSplitter, but I'm not getting the behaviour that I want.
The grid's content get's overlayed and does not get displayed correctly.

Depending on config settings, I need to be able to hide/show the splitter and one of the panels at app startup/load time.

I know there was a SplitPanel available in Winforms.
There doesn't seem to be such a entity in WPF.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

I've attached a graphic indicating what I'm looking for.
This what my XAML currently looks like:

XML

<Window x:Class="Facility.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:rpiRTFControl="clr-namespace:ReportingFacilityControlLibrary;assembly=ReportingFacilityControlLibrary"
        Title="Facility"  WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" WindowStyle="ToolWindow"  ResizeMode="CanResize"  WindowState="Maximized" Loaded="Window_Loaded">

    <Grid  removed="#7A66BAD2">
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="9*"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
            <RowDefinition Height=".05*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <Grid  Grid.Row="0" removed="#7A66BAD2">
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="9*"/>
                <RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" >
                
                <WindowsFormsHost Name="RPIWinformsHost" Height="700"
                                  removed="Orange" 
                                  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" 
                                  VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                                  Margin="30,10,30,10">
                    <rpiRTFControl:UserControl Name="RPIRTFControl" />

                </WindowsFormsHost>
                
            </StackPanel>

            <Border BorderBrush="#CCCCFF" Grid.Row="1" BorderThickness="6" 
                    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="30,0,30,0">
                <StackPanel Name="spCommands" 
                    Orientation="Horizontal">

                    <Button Name="btnRevert" Content="Revert" Height="25" Width="134"                                            
                FontSize="13" FontWeight="Bold" 
                Margin="30,0,10,0"
                Click="btnRevert_Click" />

                    <Button Name="btnTest" Content="Test" Height="25" Width="134"                                            
                FontSize="13" FontWeight="Bold" 
                Margin="10,0,10,0"
                Click="btnTest_Click" />

                    <Button Name="btnEdit" Content="Edit" Height="25" Width="134"                                            
                FontSize="13" FontWeight="Bold" 
                Margin="10,0,10,0"
                Click="btnEdit_Click" />

                    <Button Name="btnUpdate" Content="Update" Height="25" Width="134"                                            
                FontSize="13" FontWeight="Bold" 
                Margin="10,0,10,0"
                Click="btnUpdate_Click" />

                    <Button Name="btnClose" Content="Close" Height="25" Width="134"                                            
                FontSize="13" FontWeight="Bold" 
                Margin="10,0,30,0"
                Click="btnRevert_Click" />

                </StackPanel>
            </Border>

        </Grid>

        <GridSplitter Name="DebugSplitter" Grid.Row="1"
                      Height="5"
                      removed="Red"
                      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                      VerticalAlignment="Center"
                      ResizeBehavior="BasedOnAlignment"/>
        
        <StackPanel Name="DebugPanel" Grid.Row="2">
            <Border BorderBrush="#CCCCFF" BorderThickness="6" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Padding="20" Margin="20,10,20,20">

                <TabControl Name="Tabs1" TabStripPlacement="Top" removed="Coral" BorderBrush="Blue" BorderThickness="4" Margin="5, 5, 5, 5" 
                        VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">

                    <TabItem Header="SMS Testing Panel" IsSelected="True" removed="LightCoral">

                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition />
                                <RowDefinition />
                                <RowDefinition />
                                <RowDefinition />
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <ColumnDefinition />
                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                            <StackPanel  Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0"></StackPanel>

                            <StackPanel  Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1">

                                <Label Content="Notification" FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Height="28" 
                                HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="30,10,20,0" Name="label4" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="81" Foreground="#FF1A1A17" />

                                <Label FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" FontWeight="Bold" Height="25" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="20,10,68,0" Name="lblNotfication" 
                                    VerticalAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" Width="479" Foreground="#FF112705" Background="LemonChiffon"/>
                            </StackPanel>

                            <StackPanel  Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2">

                                <Label Content="Component State" FontWeight="Bold" Height="34" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="30,10,10,0" Name="label3" 
                                    VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="125" Foreground="#FF1A1A17"/>

                                <TextBox AcceptsReturn="True" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="30,0,20,10" 
                                        Name="txtSMSResults" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="600" Height="100" removed="LemonChiffon"/>
                            </StackPanel>

                            <StackPanel  Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="3">
                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                    <Button Content="Restart" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Center"  VerticalAlignment="Center"  
                                        Name="button2" FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" FontWeight="Bold"  Width="75" Click="btnRestart_Click" Margin="20,10,30,10"/>
                                    
                                    <Label Content="Case Status" Height="23" Name="label1" Width="82" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="#FF1A1A17" />
                                    
                                    <CheckBox Content="ON/OFF" Height="16" Name="checkBox1" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="#FF1A1A17" />
                                    
                                    <Button Content="Send Case Status" Height="25" Name="publishStatus" Width="134" Click="publishStatus_Click" 
                                            FontSize="13" FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" />
                                    
                                </StackPanel>
                            </StackPanel>
                        </Grid>
                    </TabItem>

                    <TabItem Header="Reporting Interface Testing Panel" removed="LightCoral">

                        <Grid>

                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition />
                                <RowDefinition />
                                <RowDefinition />
                                <RowDefinition />
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <ColumnDefinition />
                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>


                            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1">

                                <!--<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="10,20,20,22" >-->

                                <StackPanel  Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" 
                                        Margin="10,10,20,0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1">

                                    <Label Name="lblRPIMessages" Content="Most Recently Recieved Message" FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" 
                                            FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Height="28" 
                                            HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="30,10,20,0" 
                                            VerticalAlignment="Center"  Foreground="#FF1A1A17" />

                                    <Label Name="lblMostRecentMessage" FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" 
                                            FontWeight="Bold" Height="25" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" 
                                            Margin="20,10,68,10" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" 
                                            Width="479" Foreground="#FF112705" Background="LemonChiffon"/>
                                </StackPanel>
                            </StackPanel>

                            <StackPanel  Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2">

                                <Label Content="Reporting Facility Interface Results" FontWeight="Bold" Height="34" HorizontalAlignment="Left" 
                                       Margin="30,0,10,0" Name="lblRPIResults" 
                                       VerticalAlignment="Center"  Foreground="#FF1A1A17"/>

                                <TextBox AcceptsReturn="True" Margin="30,0,20,10" Name="txtRPIResults" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" 
                                    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Height="100" removed="LemonChiffon"/>
                            </StackPanel>
                            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="3">
                                <Button Name="btnClearResults" Content="Clear Results" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Center"  VerticalAlignment="Center"  
                                FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" FontWeight="Bold"  Click="btnClearResults_Click" Margin="20,10,30,10"/>

                            </StackPanel>
                        </Grid>
                    </TabItem>
                </TabControl>

            </Border>
        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window> 

I've attached a snipped screen shot showing the behaviour I'm currently getting.

Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
JohnB

Posted 26-Apr-13 5:39am

johnbMA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Apr-13 12:24pm

Just a note: it looks like you need to specify more exactly the behavior you need, and explain what's wrong right now, also exactly...
—SA

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