The StackPanel Panel

The StackPanel panel allows placing controls near each other, as in a stack that can be arranged both horizontally and vertically. As with other containers, the StackPanel can contain nested panels. The following code shows how you can arrange controls horizontally and vertically. The root StackPanel contains two nested panels:

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<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="5">        <TextBlock Text="Sample controls" Margin="5"/>        <Button Content="Test button" Margin="5"/>    </StackPanel>    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="5">        <TextBlock Text="Sample controls" Margin="5"/>        <Button Content="Test button" Margin="5"/>    </StackPanel> ...

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