Using StackPanel and User Controls

Hello,

I have a Window, which contains a stackpanel. I've added two WPF
UserControls, each of which contains a Canvas and some elements within the
canvases.

The problem I have the two User Controls stacked, however, it appears the
second Canvas's elements are drawing from the top of the Window, not the
second canvas. I can place a TextBlock in the Canvas and set Canvas.Top="1",
however, the "1" is set from the Window, not the Canvas in which it is
contained. Maybe it's taking a cue from the first Canvas.

Anyone know how to address this issue? Or what I'm doing wrong? I'd rather
not compensate for this in the User Control, as I want them to be separate,
and not know what the other is doing.

Are you explicitly setting the height of the UserControls you're adding (and
the contained Cavnas?). I'd think you'd want to use a container class that
sizes to fit rather than using a Cavnas. There's no containment on the
canvas, although I wouldn't expect it to do what you're describing exactly.

--Aaron

http://www.wiredprairie.us


"Jay" <jipock@acm.org> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a Window, which contains a stackpanel. I've added two WPF
> UserControls, each of which contains a Canvas and some elements within the
> canvases.
>
> The problem I have the two User Controls stacked, however, it appears the
> second Canvas's elements are drawing from the top of the Window, not the
> second canvas. I can place a TextBlock in the Canvas and set
> Canvas.Top="1", however, the "1" is set from the Window, not the Canvas in
> which it is contained. Maybe it's taking a cue from the first Canvas.
>
> Anyone know how to address this issue? Or what I'm doing wrong? I'd rather
> not compensate for this in the User Control, as I want them to be
> separate, and not know what the other is doing.
>