Working with text

Text is the most fundamental way of conveying and inputting information. WPF provides a bunch of elements and controls that allow text display and input.

Getting ready

Make sure Visual Studio is up and running.

How to do it...

We'll create a simple application that uses the more common text related controls to demonstrate their usage:

1. Create a new WPF application named CH04.TextControls.

2. Open MainWindow.xaml. Add four rows and two columns to the existing Grid:

   <Grid.RowDefinitions>
       <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
       <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
       <RowDefinition />
       <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
   </Grid.RowDefinitions>
   <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
       <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
       <ColumnDefinition />
   </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

3. Add some controls to the grid as follows:

   <TextBlock FontSize="16" Text="User comment details" 
              Margin="4"
              Grid.ColumnSpan="2" HorizontalAlignment="Center"...