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Silverlight Layout Fundamentals Part 2 - Layout Containers

In Layout Fundamentals Part 1 , I started slowly, and demonstrated the need for a layout system. I touched on what it can do for you, and layout containers and properties. This post covers the layout containers and some layout concepts in a bit more detail.

Why I Don't Like Canvas

In Silverlight 1.0, the only container element was Canvas. In Silverlight 2, there are a number of other layout containers, such as Grid, Border and StackPanel, and you can also make your own. Silverlight 2 applications can be completely layout-based