title: GridView or Grid Windows 8.1
body: <p>I'm trying to create a simple grid in a Windows 8 Universal app. 
  Below is my goal.</p>
  
  <p>Row1Col1   Row1Col2    Row1Col3</p>
  
  <p>Row2Col1    Row2Col2  Row2Col3</p>
  
  <p>Row3Col1    Row3Col2  Row3Col3</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Grid x:Name="Grid1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="217" Margin="557,135,0,0" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="433"&gt;
          &lt;Grid.RowDefinitions&gt;
              &lt;RowDefinition Height="1*"/&gt;
              &lt;RowDefinition Height="1*"/&gt;
              &lt;RowDefinition Height="1*"/&gt;
          &lt;/Grid.RowDefinitions&gt;
          &lt;Grid.Background&gt;
              &lt;LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0"&gt;
                  &lt;GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/&gt;
                  &lt;GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1"/&gt;
              &lt;/LinearGradientBrush&gt;
          &lt;/Grid.Background&gt;
          &lt;Grid.ColumnDefinitions&gt;
              &lt;ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/&gt;
              &lt;ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/&gt;
              &lt;ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/&gt;
          &lt;/Grid.ColumnDefinitions&gt;
      &lt;/Grid&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'd like to set up even spaced rows and columns in XAML and add the Text labels in code.</p>
  
  <p>Something like:</p>
  
  <p>Grid.Row1.Col1.Text="Row1Col1";
  Grid.Row1.Col2.Text="Row1Col2";</p>
  
  <p>A short XAML snippet and piece of c# code would be helpful.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my xaml so far.</p>
  
  <p>Any help appreciated. </p>