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StackPanel.Orientation Property

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Gets or sets the dimension by which child elements are stacked.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

public Orientation Orientation { get; set; }

XAML Attribute Usage

<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"/>
-or-
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"/>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Controls.Orientation
One of the enumeration values that specifies the orientation of child elements. The default is Vertical.

Remarks

Dependency property identifier field: OrientationProperty

Examples

The following example creates a horizontal list of items by setting the Orientation property to Horizontal.

XAML


<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="20">
    <Rectangle Fill="Red" Width="50" Height="50" Margin="5" />
    <Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="50" Height="50" Margin="5" />
    <Rectangle Fill="Green" Width="50" Height="50" Margin="5" />
    <Rectangle Fill="Purple" Width="50" Height="50" Margin="5" />
</StackPanel>