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226 Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide
Now that you know how to use the layout controls, the next section takes a closer look
at WPF controls in general, giving you tips on how to use them in your application.
Using WPF Controls
WPF includes many controls for helping you build user interfaces. This section groups
the controls into categories, including text, selection, containers, information, shapes, and
decorators. Data controls are excluded on purpose because the section following controls
is “Working with Data in WPF.” Before diving into each control, let’s do an overview of
the VS environment associated with control work.
Managing Windows for Controls
When working with controls, you’ll be working with four different windows: Toolbox,
Solution Explorer, Designer, and Properties. You learned how to access each of these
windows in earlier chapters; but as a convenience, Table 8-1 gives you a quick summary
on how to open these windows.
Figure 8-7 The Canvas Layout control