How can we set the Wrap-point for the WrapPanel?

Question

I have an ItemsControl and I want the data to be entered into two columns. When the User resizes to a width lesser than the second column, the items of the second column mus

Answer 1

There's an UniformWrapPanel article on codeproject.com, which I modified to ensure the items in a wrap panel have uniform width and fit to the width of the window. You should easily be able to modify this code to have a maximum number of columns. Try changing the code near

var itemsPerRow = (int) (totalWidth/ItemWidth);

in order to specify the max columns.

Here's the code:

public enum ItemSize
{
    None,
    Uniform,
    UniformStretchToFit
}

public class UniformWrapPanel : WrapPanel
{
    public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemSizeProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register(
            "ItemSize", 
            typeof (ItemSize), 
            typeof (UniformWrapPanel), 
            new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(
                default(ItemSize),
                FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.AffectsMeasure,
                ItemSizeChanged));

    private static void ItemSizeChanged(
        DependencyObject sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var uniformWrapPanel = sender as UniformWrapPanel;
        if (uniformWrapPanel != null)
        {
            if (uniformWrapPanel.Orientation == Orientation.Horizontal)
            {
                uniformWrapPanel.ItemWidth = double.NaN;
            }
            else
            {
                uniformWrapPanel.ItemHeight = double.NaN;
            }
        }
    }

    public ItemSize ItemSize
    {
        get { return (ItemSize) GetValue(ItemSizeProperty); }
        set { SetValue(ItemSizeProperty, value); }
    }

    protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize)
    {
        var mode = ItemSize;

        if (Children.Count > 0 && mode != ItemSize.None)
        {
            bool stretchToFit = mode == ItemSize.UniformStretchToFit;

            if (Orientation == Orientation.Horizontal)
            {
                double totalWidth = availableSize.Width;

                ItemWidth = 0.0;
                foreach (UIElement el in Children)
                {
                    el.Measure(availableSize);
                    Size next = el.DesiredSize;
                    if (!(Double.IsInfinity(next.Width) || Double.IsNaN(next.Width)))
                    {
                        ItemWidth = Math.Max(next.Width, ItemWidth);
                    }
                }

                if (stretchToFit)
                {
                    if (!double.IsNaN(ItemWidth) && !double.IsInfinity(ItemWidth) && ItemWidth > 0)
                    {
                        var itemsPerRow = (int) (totalWidth/ItemWidth);
                        if (itemsPerRow > 0)
                        {
                            ItemWidth = totalWidth/itemsPerRow;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                double totalHeight = availableSize.Height;

                ItemHeight = 0.0;
                foreach (UIElement el in Children)
                {
                    el.Measure(availableSize);
                    Size next = el.DesiredSize;
                    if (!(Double.IsInfinity(next.Height) || Double.IsNaN(next.Height)))
                    {
                        ItemHeight = Math.Max(next.Height, ItemHeight);
                    }
                }

                if (stretchToFit)
                {
                    if (!double.IsNaN(ItemHeight) && !double.IsInfinity(ItemHeight) && ItemHeight > 0)
                    {
                        var itemsPerColumn = (int) (totalHeight/ItemHeight);
                        if (itemsPerColumn > 0)
                        {
                            ItemHeight = totalHeight/itemsPerColumn;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return base.MeasureOverride(availableSize);
    }
}