Chapter 5. The Art of Layout

In This Chapter

• Understanding Layout

• Grid controls and Layout modes

• Column and Row sizing

• The Canvas control

• The Viewbox control

• The StackPanel control

• The ScrollViewer control

Layout in Expression Blend can be a slightly confusing proposition to those who are unfamiliar with existing layout models that have been used over the last few years—starting with WPF and now predominantly with Silverlight.

In this chapter, you will experiment with the main layout container types, which gives you a basic understanding required to work in most platforms that are supported by Expression Blend.

Layout Panels

WPF was the first platform to be supported and used by Expression Blend and its introduction had an immediate ...

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