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Rule for Silverlight float content

I am trying to get a horizontal StackPanel with some text, and then the button got stuck all the way to the right side. I tried this:

<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="14" Margin="5,0,0,0">Ahoy!</TextBlock> <Button HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="25" Height="25" Style="{StaticResource buttonGlassOrb}" Background="Red" /> </StackPanel>

This does not work. Obviously, adding a field to a TextBlock will work as follows:

  <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="14" Margin="5,0,120,0">Ahoy!</TextBlock> <Button HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="25" Height="25" Style="{StaticResource buttonGlassOrb}" Background="Red" /> </StackPanel>

But this is bad for various reasons. Are there any more natural ways to do this?

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Personally, I would use a Grid instead of a StackPanel. Just add two columns, one of which is “*” and one is “Auto”, and put your TextBlock in one column, Button in column two:

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Use a DockPanel instead:

 <DockPanel> <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="14" Margin="5,0,0,0">Ahoy!</TextBlock> <Button DockPanel.Dock="Right" Width="25" Height="25" Style="{StaticResource buttonGlassOrb}" Background="Red" /> </DockPanel>

By default, the Dock parameter is Left, so it behaves like a horizontal StackPanel for items that do not have an explicit Dock setting.

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StackPanels is fine for simplified scenarios, as soon as you want full control over the layout, use the Grid

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