Dialog - panels, group box

WPF elements are of 2 main types:

• Controls are visible elements like button, text box and label.
• Panels contain multiple elements (controls, panels) and arrange them in a certain way (table, stack, etc). Panels allow to create UI layouts of any complexity.

Panel types:

• wpfBuilder.StartGrid adds a Grid panel. It's a table with columns and rows. A cell usually contains 1 element, but can contain several or zero. An element can span several cells.
• wpfBuilder.StartStack adds a StackPanel. It arranges elements in a horizontal or vertical line.
• wpfBuilder.StartDock adds a DockPanel. It docks elements by its edges specified with wpfBuilder.Dock. The last added element fills the remaining space.
• wpfBuilder.StartCanvas adds a Canvas panel. It does not move/resize elements; for it use wpfBuilder.XY.

The wpfBuilder constructor adds the root panel. It's a grid or a panel of specified type. Use the StartX functions to add nested panels if need. Call wpfBuilder.End to end adding controls to the current panel and return to the parent panel.

The StartX functions also can add a container control for the panel, such as GroupBox or Expander.

using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

var b = new wpfBuilder("Window").WinSize(400);
b.R.Add("Text", out TextBox _).Focus();

//nested stack panel
b.R.StartStack();
	for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { b.Add(out CheckBox _, "Check " + i); }
	b.End();

//nested grid panel with a group box
b.R.StartGrid<GroupBox>("Nested grid");
	b.Columns(0, -1, 100);
	b.R.Add("Text 1", out TextBox _).Add(out CheckBox _, "Check");
	b.R.Add("Text 2", out TextBox _).Span(1);

	//nested dock panel inside the grid panel
	b.R.StartDock<GroupBox>("Nested dock panel").Height(80);
		b.Add<Button>("Top").Dock(Dock.Top);
		b.Add<Button>("Left").Dock(Dock.Left);
		b.Add<Button>("Fill");
		b.End(); //end the dock panel

	b.End(); //end the grid panel

b.R.AddOkCancel();

b.End(); //end the root panel. Optional.

if (!b.ShowDialog()) return;

In this dialog the root panel is Canvas.

var bc = new wpfBuilder("Window", WBPanelType.Canvas).WinSize(200, 200);
bc.Add(out TextBox _).XY(10, 10, 70, 30);
bc.Add(out TextBox _).XY(100, 10, 70, 30);
bc.End();
if (!bc.ShowDialog()) return;