GridLengthTypeConverter Class

Definition

Namespace:

Xamarin.Forms

Assembly:

Xamarin.Forms.Core.dll

A TypeConverter that converts from strings to GridLengths.

[Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.TypeConversion(typeof(Xamarin.Forms.GridLength))]
public class GridLengthTypeConverter : Xamarin.Forms.TypeConverter

type GridLengthTypeConverter = class
    inherit TypeConverter

Inheritance

System.Object

TypeConverter

GridLengthTypeConverter

Attributes

TypeConversionAttribute

Remarks

The following example shows some uses of GridLengthTypeConverter:

var converter = new GridLengthTypeConverter ();

Assert.AreEqual (new GridLength (42), converter.ConvertFrom ("42"));
Assert.AreEqual (new GridLength (42.2), converter.ConvertFrom ("42.2"));
Assert.AreEqual (GridLength.Auto, converter.ConvertFrom ("auto"));
Assert.AreEqual (GridLength.Auto, converter.ConvertFrom (" AuTo "));
Assert.AreEqual (new GridLength (1, GridUnitType.Star), converter.ConvertFrom ("*"));
Assert.AreEqual (new GridLength (42, GridUnitType.Star), converter.ConvertFrom ("42*"));

Constructors

GridLengthTypeConverter()

Creates a new GridLength object with default values.

Methods

CanConvertFrom(Type)	When implemented in a derived class, returns a Boolean value that indicates whether or not the derived type converter can convert sourceType to its target type. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFrom(CultureInfo, Object)	Obsolete. When implemented in a derived class, converts an object that is a version of value and that can be cast to the target type. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFrom(Object)	Obsolete. Calls ConvertFrom(CultureInfo, Object) with the current culture information and o. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromInvariantString(String)	Converts a valid grid length descriptor in to a GridLength.