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Adding Text to the Content Panel

You can easily add a simple line of text to the content panel of C1HeaderedContentControl by setting the Content property to a string in Visual Studio, in XAML, or in code.

Note: You can also add text to the content panel by adding a TextBox control to the content panel and then setting the TextBox control's Text property. To learn how to add a control to the content panel, see Adding a Control to the content panel.

At Design Time

To set the Content property in Visual studio, complete the following steps:

  1. Click C1HeaderedContentControl once to select it.
  2. Under the Properties tab, set the Content property to a string (for example, "Hello World").
  3. Run the program and then expand C1HeaderedContentControl.

In XAML

To set the Content property in XAML, complete the following steps:

  1. Add Content="This is Content Panel" to the <c1:C1HeaderedContentControl> tag so that it appears similar to the following:

    <c1:C1HeaderedContentControl Content="This is Content Panel" Width="150" Height="55">
    
  2. Run the program and then expand C1HeaderedContentControl.

In Code

To set the Content property in code, complete the following steps:

  1. Add x:Name="C1HeaderedContentControl_Ct" to the <c1:C1HeaderedContentControl> tag so that the control will have a unique identifier for you to call in code.
  2. Enter Code view and add the following code beneath the InitializeComponent() method:

    Visual Basic

    C1HeaderedContentControl_Ct.Content = "This is Content Panel"
    

    C#

    C1HeaderedContentControl_Ct.Content = "This is Content Panel";
    
  3. Run the program and then expand C1HeaderedContentControl.

This Topic Illustrates the Following:

When C1HeaderedContentControl is expanded, it reads "Hello World". The end result of this topic should resemble the following:

Note that there isn't a header; this is because the Header property isn't set by default. To learn how to add text or controls to the header bar, see Adding Content to the Header Bar.