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• Show/Hide a Border and other Border fun

  While adding a bunch of content to the Border class documentation, I discovered many questions about using borders. I'm going to attempt to address one issue which is how make a border appear and disappear. Before I get into it, if you are interested... Posted Jul 30 2008, 06:08 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Layout, Controls, Border

• More on layout and the LayoutInformation APIs

  As I was digging around in an old spec, I came across some very enlightening drawings which I pushed through art review and I will now share with you. Ashish wrote a nice post on the layout and rendering engines which might help you understand what's... Posted May 05 2008, 07:04 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Layout, GetLayoutClip, LayoutInformation

• Silverlight 2: Layout and Rendering engines

  A layout engine which does precise and optimal size or position calculations is critical in any user interface framework for building responsive, interactive and high-performance applications. The term "layout engine" is often interchangeably... Posted Apr 14 2008, 06:15 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Layout, Rasterization, Rendering, Graphics

• Creating a Custom Panel

  I've spent time the last couple weeks trying to figure out how to create my own panel. At first I was completely confused and it seemed like I would change something small and the entire layout of my panel would radically shift. But after stumbling... Posted Apr 03 2008, 08:10 AM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Layout, ArrangeOverride, MeasureOverride, Custom Panel, Panel

• A Layout System and Containers for Silverlight 1.1 Alpha

  Dave Relyea's first blog post showcases some work he'd been recently doing to build a layout system, several layout containers and some layout-aware controls -- all in user code. Ooh, but that's not all. Dave cranked up a pretty cool TextBox... Posted May 17 2007, 02:34 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Layout, Controls