GridSplitter Cursor

[Johan Lombaard]

I have a WPF form with a gridsplitter. The cursor is set to SizeWE, but it does not show the resize cursor on a mouseover. I can use it for resizing, so the control can grab the mouse. Has anyone seen this problem? Any ideas?

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[Lost User]

Can you post your XAML please.

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[schiebel t]

hi, try to set the cursor directly to the gridspliter. you can do this in you constructor mygridSpliter.Cursor = Cursors.SizeWE;

[xsumo]

Setting the splitter cursor does not seem to work either. My code from the mouseEnter event. private void GridSplitter_MouseEnter(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { GridSplitter gridSplitter = sender as GridSplitter; if (gridSplitter.Name == "Splitter1") { Splitter1.Cursor = Cursors.SizeWE; } }

[bootis]

Hi, I have exactly the same problem. here is my complete code:

<Grid Background="SteelBlue" x:Name="mainGrid">
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="250"/>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="2\*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="250" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition />
        <RowDefinition Height="25" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions> 
    
    <Border BorderThickness="4" BorderBrush="SteelBlue"  Background="White">
        <WFDesigner:WorkflowListView x:Name="WorkflowList" Margin="10"/>
    </Border>
    
    <WFDesigner:WorkflowDetailView x:Name="WorkflowDetail" Margin="0,4" Grid.Column="1" Background="White"/>
    
    <GridSplitter HorizontalAlignment="Right" Grid.Column="1" ResizeBehavior="CurrentAndNext" Width="4" Background="Red" />
    
    <Border BorderThickness="0,4,4,4" BorderBrush="SteelBlue"  Grid.Column="2" Background="White">
        <Grid x:Name="ToolboxProperties" DockPanel.Dock="Right">
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="2\*" />
                <RowDefinition Height="1\*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <ContentControl Content="{Binding ToolboxControl}"/>
            <ContentControl DataContext="{Binding SelectedItem}" Content="{Binding Designer.PropertyInspectorView}" Grid.Row="1"/>
        </Grid>
    </Border>
    
    <StatusBar Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" >
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Status}" Margin="5,0" />
    </StatusBar>
</Grid>

I tried overriding it by setting "Cursor" value in the GridSplitter XAML definition but it didn't work. Any idea?

[mocasu]

Hi, This is what I do

<GridSplitter Grid.Column="0" ResizeDirection="Columns" Background="LightGray" Width="5" MouseEnter="GridSplitter_MouseEnter" MouseLeave="GridSplitter_MouseLeave"/>

private void GridSplitter_MouseEnter(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (this.Cursor != Cursors.Wait)
Mouse.OverrideCursor = Cursors.SizeWE;
}

    private void GridSplitter\_MouseLeave(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if (this.Cursor != Cursors.Wait)
            Mouse.OverrideCursor = Cursors.Arrow;
    }

I first check if the mouse is already in Waiting mode, as I dont want the users to be able to resize the app while I am doing some other stuff. Hope it helps