How to make a WPF TextBox fill all available space between two buttons ?

Question

I'm trying to make a WPF TextBox fill all available space between two buttons. For some reason the code below does not what I'm trying to achieve

<DockPanel  Height="48" LastChildFill="False">
    <Button DockPanel.Dock="Left">
        <Image Source="Images\large_load.png"></Image>
    </Button>
    <Button DockPanel.Dock="Left">
        <Image Source="Images\large_reload.png"></Image>
    </Button>
    <TextBox Height="24" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" DockPanel.Dock="Left"></TextBox>
    <Button DockPanel.Dock="Right" Width="48">
        <Image Source="Images\large_delete.png"></Image>
    </Button>
</DockPanel>

The TextBox is not stretched.

Another problem is that when text is added, the textbox width increases and eventually it pushes the right button out of the visible space.

Answer 1

Don't set LastChildFill to false and make the TextBox the last child (by moving the element to the bottom in the code).

(Or use a proper control, like a Grid )