Posts

Showing posts with the label C# desktop application

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...

Building Your First WPF Application with C#

Click on File > New > Project menu option one dialog box will be displayed. here in left panel you have to choose c#. in middle panel you have to choose WPF Application. Give the project a name in the name field and click the OK button. Bydefault two files are created,one is the XAML file which is Mainwindiw.xaml and the other is the CS file which is Mainwindow.cs. In mainwindow.xaml, you will see two sub-windows, one is the design window and the other one is the source window. In WPF application, there are two ways to design an UI for your application. One is to simply drag and drop UI elements from the toolbox to the Design Window. The second way is to design your UI by writing XAML tags . In mainwindow.xaml file, the following XAML tags are written by default. <Window x: Class="ProjectName.MainWindow" xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winf...