Control.Padding property

Gets or sets the padding inside a control.

Syntax

public Thickness Padding { get; set; }

<control Padding="uniform"/>
- or -
<control Padding="left&right,top&bottom"/>
- or -
<control Padding="left,top,right,bottom"/>

XAML Values

uniform

A numeric value that specifies a uniform Thickness. The uniform value is applied to all four Thickness values (Left, Top, Right, Bottom).

left&right

A numeric value that specifies the Left and Right values of a symmetrical Thickness.

top+bottom

A numeric value that specifies the Top and Bottom values of a symmetrical Thickness.

left right top bottom

Numeric values that specify the four possible dimension values of a Thickness structure (Left, Top, Right, Bottom).

Property value

Type: Thickness

The amount of space between the content of a Control and its Margin or Border. The default is a Thickness with values of 0 on all four sides.

Remarks

Each control might apply this property differently based on its visual template. This property only affects a control whose template uses the Padding property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no effect. For more info about visual templates, see the Template property.

Requirements

See also

Control

Build date: 3/12/2013