WPF change left margin of textbox

Question

I want to change the just the left margin of a WPF textbox via XAML:

This code obviously does not work :

<TextBox Margin.Left ="0"/>

What would be the correct code, does anyone here know ?

Regards, MadSeb

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8522018/properties-order-in-margin/. — Contango, Jun 27 '13 at 16:18

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '10 at 16:57

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I can't see your code - but it would normally go like this:

<TextBox Margin="5 0 0 0"/>

First number is left, then top, then right and finally bottom margin.

Hope this helps!

answered Sep 16 '10 at 16:57

Goblin

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thanks for the reply...what I want to do is to change the left to 5 but without setting the top,right,bottom to 0 ! – MadSeb Sep 16 '10 at 16:59
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i would use commas: Margin="0,0,0,0" it makes it easier to read – Muad'Dib Sep 16 '10 at 17:01
@MadSeb: The value is of type Thickness - which means it is a all-or-nothing setter. You can do it in code-behind tho. – Goblin Sep 16 '10 at 17:13
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. @MuadDib: All a matter of taste - I find commas irritating :-) – Goblin Sep 16 '10 at 17:15
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You can place the TextBlock inside a Canvas and set Canvas.Left attached property in the TextBlock. Like – Prince Ashitaka Sep 16 '10 at 18:07
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@Avatar: Great idea! Should probably use a DockPanel instead, though to get the TextBox to fill - and set the Padding="5 0 0 0" on the DockPanel. – Goblin Sep 16 '10 at 18:14

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