Can't edit Textblock content in WPF

Question

I'm working on my first WPF application and I notice that I'm not able to edit the text values in any of my textblocks.

I can't seem to find anything wrong here that would prevent me from changing it...

<Label Content="Line Terminator" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="5"></Label>
<Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="LightBlue" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Margin="5">
    <TextBlock x:Name="txtLineTerm" Focusable="True" IsManipulationEnabled="True" Padding="3"></TextBlock>
</Border>
<Label Content="Field Terminator" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Margin="5"></Label>
<Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="LightBlue" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="3" Margin="5">
    <TextBlock x:Name="txtFieldTerm" Focusable="True" IsManipulationEnabled="True" Padding="3"></TextBlock>
</Border>

Can anyone see the problem? I feel like there's a concept that I'm missing here. Any explanation will be greatly appreciated.

see this too : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/136435/any-way-to-make-a-wpf-textblock-selectable — Hyde, Jan 30 '13 at 08:59
Are you asking how to edit the `TextBlock` at runtime, or designtime? Despite the accepted answer, both are possible... *(What a `TextBlock` **cannot** do is have a user click on it and edit it in-place, like a `TextBox`)* — BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft, Oct 05 '13 at 21:52

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '13 at 08:21

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TextBlock is not editable. Use TextBox instead.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 08:21

Memoizer

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 09:04

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you can use EditableTextBlock as shown in the link

answered Jan 30 '13 at 09:04

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Can't edit Textblock content in WPF

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