Layout types
There are five primary layout panels in Microsoft® Expression Blend™, each one designed to handle a different type of layout:
Panel | Description | |
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Canvas | Arranges child elements according to absolute x and y coordinates. Canvas enables you to have fixed positions for elements on the screen at run time—literally, a blank canvas. For more information about Canvas, see Canvas panel. | |
Dock | Arranges child elements so that they stay, or dock, to one edge of the panel. For more information about Dock, see Dock panel. | |
Grid | Arranges child elements in a very flexible layout of rows and columns that form a grid. For more information about Grid, see Grid panel. | |
Stack | Arranges child elements into a single line that can be oriented, or stacked, horizontally or vertically. For more information about Stack, see Stack panel. | |
Wrap | Arranges child elements in sequential position from left to right, and then when it runs out of room at the far-right edge of the panel, wraps the content to the next line, and so on from left-to-right, top-to-bottom. A wrap panel's orientation can also be vertical so that the child elements flow from top-to-bottom, left-to-right. For more information about Wrap, see Wrap panel. |