Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition

Simple Layout with the StackPanel

The StackPanel is one of the simplest layout containers. It simply stacks its children in a single row or column.

For example, consider this window, which contains a stack of three buttons:

<Window x:Class="Layout.SimpleStack"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Layout" Height="223" Width="354"
    >
  <StackPanel>
    <Label>A Button Stack</Label>
    <Button>Button 1</Button>
    <Button>Button 2</Button>
    <Button>Button 3</Button>
    <Button>Button 4</Button>
  </StackPanel>
</Window>

Figure 4-2 shows the window that results.

The StackPanel in action

USING THE STACKPANEL IN VISUAL STUDIO It's relatively easy to create this example using ...