WPF UserControl is not filling parent container when bound at runtime -
i have window has stackpanel, , stackpanel has contentcontrol, gets usercontrol bound @ run time. (in mainwindow.xaml) <stackpanel margin="6,14,5,6" grid.row="1"> <contentcontrol name="windowcontent" content="{binding}" horizontalcontentalignment="stretch" verticalcontentalignment="stretch" /> </stackpanel> (in mainwindow.xaml.cs) windowcontent.content = new mainwindowview(); i want usercontrol (and it's children) fill space in stackpanel. i have checked of heights , widths set auto, , horizontal/verticalalignments set stretch, , horizontal/verticalcontentalignments set stretch. is there i'm missing? seems silly question, can't work! thanks the stackpanel container sizes content's minimum size. believe want use grid rather stackpanel; grid attempt use available space. <grid margin="6,14,5,6" grid.row="1"> <contentcontrol name=...