Currently, I am encountering an unusual issue while using a Grid in WPF (XAML) and setting the MinWidth property in a ColumnDefinition. When I have 9 ColumnDefinitions with 'Width="*"' specified for each one, and then apply the MinWidth property to one of the middle columns, it affects the sizes of the other columns in an unexpected way.
To better illustrate this problem, take a look at the following XAML code snippet:
<Grid Width="500">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" MinWidth="250"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Column="0" Background="Green"/>
<Border Grid.Column="1" Background="Blue"/>
<Border Grid.Column="2" Background="Red"/>
<Border Grid.Column="3" Background="Yellow"/>
<Border Grid.Column="4" Background="Purple"/>
<Border Grid.Column="5" Background="Orange"/>
<Border Grid.Column="6" Background="Azure"/>
<Border Grid.Column="7" Background="LightBlue"/>
<Border Grid.Column="9" Background="LightGreen"/>
</Grid>
If you execute this XAML code, you'll notice that the first 3 columns have different widths compared to the last 5 columns, whereas the expectation was for all columns to have equal width.
Is there a known issue causing this behavior? Are there any proper solutions to handle this correctly?
Your help is greatly appreciated.