XAML Embeddings

• May 05, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

This topic lists the Selection Embeddings for XAML.

Tag	StackPanel	WrapPanel	UniformGrid	region
Grid	DockPanel	Border	Canvas	RelativePanel

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Tag

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into a XAML tag and creates a linked field around the tag name placeholder. You can change the tag to a markup control (for example, to Grid):

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Grid

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the Grid tag.

XAML

<Grid>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</Grid>

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StackPanel

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the StackPanel tag.

XAML

<StackPanel>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</StackPanel>

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DockPanel

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the DockPanel tag.

XAML

<DockPanel>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</DockPanel>

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WrapPanel

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the WrapPanel tag.

XAML

<WrapPanel>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</WrapPanel>

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Border

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the Border tag.

XAML

<Border>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</Border>

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UniformGrid

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the UniformGrid tag.

XAML

<UniformGrid>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</UniformGrid>

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Canvas

Embeds the selected text (XAML code, comments) into the Canvas tag.

XAML

<Canvas>
   <!--Embedded text-->
</Canvas>

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region

Embeds the selection between the #region and #endregion directives and selects the region name placeholder.

XAML

<!--#region │RegionName-->
<!--Embedded text-->
<!--#endregion-->

You can also use the Ctrl + 3 shortcut for this embedding.

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RelativePanel

Embeds the selection into the RelativePanel tag. This embedding is available in UWP projects.

XAML

<RelativePanel>
    <!--Embedded text-->
</RelativePanel>