I know there is the ability to set the width to "*" but then if the data is too wide for the grid, scrolling to the last column makes the column 0px (as it is the available space left). Also if we autogenerate columns then it is not practical to have this per-column XAML"fix" as the columns aren't declared in XAML or the ViewModel (MVVM).
This seems to be an issue for many users! Here are some of the links I've found on your forums
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/empty-column-always-added-as-the-last-column-in-radgridview.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/extend-last-column.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/scrollbar-missing-when-last-column-width-is-set-to.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/remove-the-last-null-column.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/gettting-extra-column-in-radgridview.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/extra-columns-generated.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/column-auto-width-issue.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/extra-column-at-the-end-of-the-grid.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/urgent-extra-column-in-the-radgrid-grid-loosing-out-horizontal-scroll.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/upgrading-from-q2-2009-to-q1-2010-empty-column.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/grid-view-100-and-autoformatting-columns.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/column-width-fit-to-gridview.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/resizing-columns.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/one-more-column-problem.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/also-disable-the-space-not-used-by-the-columns.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/rendering-issue-for-column-having-width-and-resize-textwraping-enabled.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/how-to-set-gridviewdatacolumn-width-to-fill.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/how-to-remove-extra-column.aspx
etc
The other reason the width="*" is not viable is if the user re-orders the column then this "*" size is lost on the new last column, and shrinks the column that it was applied to to 0px wide.
This is quite obviously an issue for most users here and a constant complaint from my QA team and our clients.
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Adding such a property is not in our immediate development plans but we will have a discussion on how it would fit the existing Width scenarios.
Meanwhile, may I ask you to share more details on this line(as it is not clear to me):
"I know there is the ability to set the width to "*" but then if the data is too wide for the grid, scrolling to the last column makes the column 0px."?
Didie
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In the meantime, I've modified the template so the celss and header cell have no right border and a 1px left border. (Standard is 1px right and 0px left).
This works visually for me as the last column, having no right border, looks like it fills the blank grid area.
Thank you for clarifying. We will discuss this case.
Kind regards,Didie
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We have discussed your suggestion and the scenario with the too small last column. It seems that you have set fixed Width for the GridView and the rest of the columns, so the last column will be shown with a minimum Width.
I have checked the behaviour with the MS DataGrid and actually it is the same. We have done our rendering mechanisms to be synchronous with the DataGrid and currently we do not have plans to change that behaviour.
You can set a larger Width for the GridView or leave it with Auto Width so that the last column can take all the space it needs.
Didie
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