Understanding WPF Layout Panels: Easy Examples of Grid, StackPanel, WrapPanel, DockPanel, Canvas & UniformGrid

If you are just starting out with WPF , layouts are something you must understand very clearly, because they control how every control such as button, textbox, etc. appears on the screen. ⭐ What Are Layout Panels? Think of layout panels like containers or boxes that help you arrange your UI elements . Just like when you pack a suitcase, you organize things in different sections — WPF uses layout panels to organize controls properly. They decide: where controls appear, how they resize, how they adapt when the window grows or shrinks. 📌 Let’s Learn Panels One by One (with real examples) 🟦 1. StackPanel — arrange controls in a line StackPanel arranges items one after another, either top to bottom or left to right. Let me show you a simple example. ✔ Example: Vertical StackPanel <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">     <Button Content="Save" Width="100"/>     <Button Content="Edit" Width="100"/>     <Button Conte...

Validation By ValidationRule in Wpf using MVVM

View

<Window x:Class="WpfPrismTutorial.Views.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"
        xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"
        xmlns:valid="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial.Validations"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <Window.Resources>
        <ControlTemplate x:Key="errorTemplate">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
            <AdornedElementPlaceholder x:Name="ErrorHolder" >
                <Border BorderBrush="red" BorderThickness="1" />
            </AdornedElementPlaceholder>
            <TextBlock  Text="{Binding [0].ErrorContent}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="Red"/>
        </StackPanel>

        </ControlTemplate>
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="2">
            <TextBlock Text="Validation by ValidationRule" Margin="5,5"/>
            <TextBox Height="30" Width="300" Validation.ErrorTemplate="{StaticResource errorTemplate}">
                <TextBox.Text>
                    <Binding Path="MainWindowModel.ValidationByValidationRule" ValidatesOnDataErrors="True" UpdateSourceTrigger="PropertyChanged">
                        <Binding.ValidationRules>
                            <valid:Validator/>
                        </Binding.ValidationRules>
                    </Binding>
                </TextBox.Text>
            </TextBox>
         
        </StackPanel>
     
    </Grid>
</Window>

ViewModel

public class MainWindowViewModel : BindableBase
    {
        private MainWindowModel mainWindowModel = new MainWindowModel();

        public MainWindowModel MainWindowModel
        {
            get { return mainWindowModel; }
            set { SetProperty(ref mainWindowModel, value); }
        }
    }

Model

 public class MainWindowModel : BindableBase
    {
        #region Validation By ValidationRule

        private string _validationByValidationRule = string.Empty;

        public string ValidationByValidationRule
        {
            get { return _validationByValidationRule; }
            set
            {
                SetProperty(ref _validationByValidationRule, value);
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }

 class Validator : ValidationRule
 {
        public override ValidationResult Validate(object value, CultureInfo cultureInfo)
        {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value?.ToString()))
                   return new ValidationResult(false, "Validation By ValidationRule should not empty");
            return new ValidationResult(true, null);
        }
    }

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