Properties and Events in XAML

So far, you've considered a relatively unexciting example—a blank window that hosts an empty Grid control. Before going any further, it's worth introducing a more realistic window that includes several controls. Figure 2-1 shows an example with an automatic question answerer.

Ask the eight ball and all will be revealed.

The eight ball window includes four controls: a Grid (the most common tool for arranging layout in WPF), two TextBox objects, and a Button. The markup that's required to arrange and configure these controls is significantly longer than the previous examples. Here's an abbreviated listing that replaces ...

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