adding rows programmatically to grid in WPF window

Question

I have a window with a button and a Grid in this window with rows and columns setup. I'm trying to create a button that when clicked will add another row to the Grid and then assign a user control to that row.

I've found a bunch of ways to do this online to datagrids but nothing for adding a rowdefinition to a grid. Can anyone assist with the code for this?

WPF so far:

<DockPanel>        
    <Button DockPanel.Dock="Top"  Height="22" x:Name="AddRow" Click="AddRow_Click">
        <TextBlock Text="Add Skill"/>
    </Button>
    <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="1"/>  
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    </Grid>        
</DockPanel>

What speaks against using a DataGrid, or a ListView using GridView? Why do you insist on a Grid? Note that DataGrid and ListView are specifically meant to display a collection of data/content/things, whereas a Grid is merely meant to layout UI elements... — user2819245
I'm going to assign a user control to each row in the grid and each user control assignment will be identical but give the user adding it the ability to subscribe to a different data feed. so instead of opening multiple windows to see multiple data feeds they can see them all in rows in one window. — mrcavanaugh09
Then use a ListView with a GridView as its view. The ListView will display a collection of objects. Those objects are of a type/class you would define and which represent one data feed. Define columns for the GridView so that the DisplayMemberBinding property of each column is bound to each data feed object. — user2819245
Thanks. Your idea to use a list view also worked. I've went with the answer below because it follows the same pattern I've been using on my other windows. — mrcavanaugh09

McGarnagle McGarnagle · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-03T20:53:24

That shouldn't be too difficult. I'll illustrate using code-behind for simplicity's sake.

<Grid x:Name="TheGrid">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="1"/>  
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid>

In the button's click handler:

TheGrid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition());

Then just add your user control to the grid, and assign it the row number.

var uc = new MyUserControl();
TheGrid.Children.Add(uc);
Grid.SetRow(uc, TheGrid.RowDefinitions.Count - 1);

adding rows programmatically to grid in WPF window

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