Introduction to Layout Controls in Silverlight 2

Arranging controls on a user interface in a flexible manner is key to building successful applications. Silverlight 2 provides three main controls that can be used for layout management: · Canvas Control · StackPanel Control · Grid Control In this post I'll provide an introductory look at these controls and show how they can be defined in XAML. Future articles will use the layout controls to arrange controls that are capable of displaying data retrieved from remote sources. Let's start out by examining the Canvas control.