Layout

The layout of a WPF form is described by the elements it contains. Several controls are dedicated to positioning others. For example, a layout control may contain two Label controls.

Three of the different layout controls are explored:

• Grid
• StackPanel
• DockPanel

These three positioning controls can be used to create advanced layouts by specifying an absolute position for every single control by hand.

Layout controls such as those above can be nested inside one another to create more advanced interfaces.

A Grid can be used to arrange controls in rows and columns.

Using the Grid control

You can add a Grid control within the Window control in the Xaml document:

$xaml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Window
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <Grid>
        &lt...