The layout system in Silverlight is, in my opinion, one of the key differentiators in presentation engine capabilities from HTML/CSS (on a related note, see my post long ago about my browser/scripting wish list and the references to need for core layout primitives). The Silverlight platform provides a set of out-of-the-box layouts like Grid, so you don't have to simulate them with low-level absolute positioning, and float/clear css attributes. However, beyond that, you can build your own first class layouts, and in this post I'll discuss the handful of layout panels that I've written for Silverlight.FX , that I've found useful in application building. Silverlight.FX currently has five layout panels: TilePanel, HStackPanel, VStackPanel...(read more) ...
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