Microsoft 9GD00001 manual 227, Primary Windows for Working with Controls

Chapter 8: Building Desktop Applications with WPF 227

Window

Menu

Keystroke

Toolbox	View Toolbox	CTRL-W,X
Solution Explorer	View Solution Explorer	CTRL-W,L
Designer	Double-click *.xaml file in Solution Explorer	SHIFT-F7
Properties Window	View Properties window	CTRL-W,P

Table 8-1 Primary Windows for Working with Controls

You’ll find all of the available controls on the Toolbox, divided into panels where the top panel is Common WPF controls, which makes it easy to find the controls you use the most. The All WPF Controls tab includes the complete list of WPF controls.

You’ve seen how the Designer can be used in the preceding section, which discussed layout controls. You can open the Designer by double-clicking a *.xaml file in Solution Explorer. To add a control to the Designer, select the control in the Toolbox and drag the control onto the Designer. Figure 8-8 shows a Button that has been dragged and dropped onto the Designer.

Figure 8-8 Adding a control to the VS Designer