Understanding the ContentControl
One of the biggest presentation benefits in WPF is the capability for controls to show more than simple text. Particularly, all controls exposing a Content
property can nest complex visual elements to offer special effects with or without text. For example, consider the following button whose content is just text:
<Button Name="Button1" Width="100" Height="100" Content="Click me!"/>
The Content
property can be declared in a hierarchical fashion so that you can take advantage of the XAML logic for nesting complex elements. The following example shows how you can replace the button text with a movie:
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