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.

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:

   
   

   
   

   
   

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   C1HeaderedContentControl_Ct.Content = "This is Content Panel"

   
   

   
   

   
   

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   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.