Selecting options with checkboxes and radio buttons
Checkboxes and radio buttons are some of the most recognizable and useful controls. Checkboxes allow selecting or unselecting options, while radio buttons allow selecting one option out of several. Let's see how to use them in WPF.
Getting ready
Make sure Visual Studio is up and running.
How to do it…
We'll create a simple tea choosing application that uses checkboxes and radio buttons to make some tea:
- Create a new WPF application named
CH04.SelectingOptions
. - Open
MainWindow.xaml
. Replace theGrid
with aStackPanel
. - Add a
GroupBox
with some tea type options to theStackPanel
, as follows:<GroupBox Header="What kind of tea would you like?"> <StackPanel Margin="4" x:Name="_teaTypePanel"> <RadioButton ...
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