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Border::Padding Property

Gets or sets a Thickness value that describes the amount of space between a Border and its child element.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

public:
property Thickness Padding {
	Thickness get ();
	void set (Thickness value);
}
<object>
  <object.Padding>
    <Thickness .../>
  </object.Padding>
</object>
<object Padding="Thickness" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows::Thickness
The Thickness that describes the amount of space between a Border and its single child element. This property has no default value.

Identifier field

PaddingProperty

Metadata properties set to true

AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender

The following example shows how to set the value of this property.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

<Border BorderBrush="SlateBlue" BorderThickness="5,10,15,20" Background="AliceBlue" Padding="5" CornerRadius="15">


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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