WPF Label to TextBox

Question

what is the best practice to show text label (e.g. \"Name\") with the TextBox in WPF? I want a label \"Name\" above the TextBox and many similar Labels/TextBoxes. Should I p

Answer 1

Here is a control that does it:

using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;

public class KeyValueControl : Control
{
    public static readonly DependencyProperty KeyProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
        "Key",
        typeof(string),
        typeof(KeyValueControl),
        new PropertyMetadata(default(string)));

    public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
        "Value",
        typeof(object),
        typeof(KeyValueControl),
        new FrameworkPropertyMetadata
        {
            DefaultValue = null,
            BindsTwoWayByDefault = true,
            DefaultUpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged,
        });

    static KeyValueControl()
    {
        DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(KeyValueControl), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(KeyValueControl)));
    }

    public string Key
    {
        get
        {
            return (string)GetValue(KeyProperty);
        }
        set
        {
            SetValue(KeyProperty, value);
        }
    }

    public object Value
    {
        get
        {
            return GetValue(ValueProperty);
        }
        set
        {
            SetValue(ValueProperty, value);
        }
    }
}

Style:

Usage (create a property grid):