Arranging Content with Panels
When you are building a GUI using WPF, you are required to make use of panel types. Recall that a
ContentControl can only have one item assigned to its Content property.
If you were to add a UI widget directly to a ContentControl, it will be positioned in the dead center. Consider
the following simple window, which sets a Rectangle as content (note the lack of any panel type):
<Window x:Class = "FunWithPanels.Window1"
xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title = "The only content I have..." Height = "299" Width = "348">
<Rectangle Fill = "Black" Height = "50" Width = "100"/>
</Window>
Multiple UI elements must first be arranged in one of the provided panel types. Here are the most frequently
used panel types, all of which are defined in the System.Windows.Controls namespace of
PresentationFoundation.dll.
Be aware that each one of these panel types can be configured in numerous ways. Your lab time will illustrate
a number of configuration settings. However, you will most certainly want to look up panels of interest in the
.NET Framework SDK documentation for full details.
When you are building a GUI using WPF, you are required to make use of panel types. Recall that a
ContentControl can only have one item assigned to its Content property.
If you were to add a UI widget directly to a ContentControl, it will be positioned in the dead center. Consider
the following simple window, which sets a Rectangle as content (note the lack of any panel type):
<Window x:Class = "FunWithPanels.Window1"
xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title = "The only content I have..." Height = "299" Width = "348">
<Rectangle Fill = "Black" Height = "50" Width = "100"/>
</Window>
Multiple UI elements must first be arranged in one of the provided panel types. Here are the most frequently
used panel types, all of which are defined in the System.Windows.Controls namespace of
PresentationFoundation.dll.
Be aware that each one of these panel types can be configured in numerous ways. Your lab time will illustrate
a number of configuration settings. However, you will most certainly want to look up panels of interest in the
.NET Framework SDK documentation for full details.
WPF Panels
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