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I have a TextBlock that is bound to a DateTime property. How do I configure the format of the date? Martin Harris There is a string format property available when you are declaring the binding: <TextBox Text="{Binding Path=DateTimeValue, StringFormat=dd-MM-yyyy}" /> (You need to be on .NET 3.5 SP1 for this property to exist) Brian Hinchey If you want to use a common format string between bindings, you could declare the binding like this: <Textbox Text={Binding Path=DateTimeValue, StringFormat={x:Static local:Constants.DateTimeUiFormat}} /> With your constants class like this: public static

How do I assign vertical center alignment to the text inside a TextBlock? I found TextAlignment property but it is for horizontal text alignment. How do I do it for vertical text alignment? A Textblock itself can't do vertical alignment The best way to do this that I've found is to put the textblock inside a border, so the border does the alignment for you. <Border BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Height="50"> <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Some Text" VerticalAlignment="Center"/> </Border> Note: This is functionally equivalent to using a grid, it just depends how you want the controls to fit in

I have a simple TextBlock defined like this <StackPanel> <Border Width="106" Height="25" Margin="6" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left"> <TextBlock Name="myTextBlock" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" Text="TextBlock: Displayed text"/> </Border> </StackPanel> Which outputs like this This will get me "TextBlock: Displayed text" string text = myTextBlock.Text; But is there a way to get the text that's actually displayed on the screen? Meaning "TextBlock: Display..." Thanks You can do this by first retrieving the Drawing object that represents the appearance of the

I want all texts in TextBlock , Label , MenuItem.Header to be displayed in upper case. The strings are taken from a ResourceDictionary e.g.: <TextBlock Text="{StaticResource String1}"/> <MenuItem Header="{StaticResource MenuItemDoThisAndThat}"/> etc. (also for Label and other controls) I cannot use a value converter because there is no binding. I don't want to make the strings upper case in the dictionary itself. You still can use a converter, just set the textvalue in the source of the binding : <TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={StaticResource String1}, Converter ={StaticResource myConverter}

I have a WPF listbox which displays messages. It contains an avatar on the left side and the username and message stacked vertically to the right of the avatar. The layout is fine until the message text should word wrap, but instead I get a horizontal scroll bar on the listbox. I've Googled and found solutions to similar issues, but none of them worked. <ListBox HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=FriendsTimeline}"> <ListBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <Border BorderBrush="DarkBlue" BorderThickness="3" CornerRadius="2" Margin=