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How to: Wrap a Border Around the Content of a Canvas
Visual Studio 2010
The following example shows how to display Hello World! inside a Canvas element. The Canvas element is wrapped by a Border element so that a border outlines the element.
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"> <Border BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Black" Background="LightGray" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" Height="100"> <Canvas> <TextBlock Canvas.Top="10" Canvas.Left="20">Hello World!</TextBlock> </Canvas> </Border> </Page>
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