Programmatically setting the width of a grid column with * in WPF

Question

I want to programmatically configure a wpf grid.

I want to be able to set a grid with 2 columns, the first taking up 20% of available space, the second taking up 80

Answer 1

MVVM Approach

View (XAML)

ViewModel (C#)

public class MyViewModel : BindableBase
{
    private GridLength _firstColumn;
    private GridLength _secondColumn;

    public MyViewModel()
    {
        _firstColumn = new GridLength(75, GridUnitType.Star);
        _secondColumn = new GridLength(25, GridUnitType.Star);
    }

    public GridLength FirstColumn
    {
        get { return _firstColumn; }
        set { SetProperty(ref _firstColumn, value); }
    }

    public GridLength SecondColumn
    {
        get { return _secondColumn; }
        set { SetProperty(ref _secondColumn, value); }
    }

    private void NotifyToggleFullScreen(bool isToggleExpansion)
    {
        if (isToggleExpansion)
        {
            FirstColumn = new GridLength(0, GridUnitType.Auto);
            SecondColumn = new GridLength(100, GridUnitType.Star);
        }
        else
        {
            FirstColumn = new GridLength(75, GridUnitType.Star);
            SecondColumn = new GridLength(25, GridUnitType.Star);
        }
    }
}