XAML - CanvasPanel

Canvas panel is the basic layout panel in which child elements can be positioned explicitly using coordinates that are relative to the Canvas any side such as left, right, top, and bottom.
A Canvas is typically used for 2D graphic elements (such as Ellipse, Rectangle, etc.), but not for UI elements because specifying absolute coordinates creates trouble while resizing, localizing, or scaling the XAML application.
The hierarchical inheritance of Canvas class is as follows −
Background
Gets or sets a Brush that fills the panel content area. (Inherited from Panel)
Children
Gets a UIElementCollection of child elements of this Panel. (Inherited from Panel.)
Height
Gets or sets the suggested height of the element. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
ItemHeight
Gets or sets a value that specifies the height of all items that are contained within a WrapPanel.
ItemWidth
Gets or sets a value that specifies the width of all items that are contained within a WrapPanel.
LogicalChildren
Gets an enumerator that can iterate the logical child elements of this Panel element. (Inherited from Panel.)
LogicalOrientation
The Orientation of the panel, if the panel supports layout in only a single dimension. (Inherited sfrom Panel.)
LeftProperty
Identifies the Canvas. Left XAML attached property.
Margin
Gets or sets the outer margin of an element. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
Name
Gets or sets the identifying name of the element. The name provides a reference so that code-behind, such as event handler code, can refer to a markup element after it is constructed during processing by a XAML processor. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
Orientation
Gets or sets a value that specifies the dimension in which child content is arranged.
Parent
Gets the logical parent element of this element. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
Resources
Gets or sets the locally-defined resource dictionary. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
Style
Gets or sets the style used by this element when it is rendered. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
TopProperty
Identifies the Canvas. Top XAML attached property.
Width
Gets or sets the width of the element. (Inherited from FrameworkElement.)
ZIndexProperty
Identifies the Canvas. ZIndex XAML attached property.
GetLeft
Gets the value of the Canvas. Left XAML attached property for the target element.
GetTop
Gets the value of the Canvas. Top XAML attached property for the target element.
GetZIndex
Gets the value of the Canvas. ZIndex XAML attached property for the target element.
SetLeft
Sets the value of the Canvas. Left XAML attached property for a target element.
SetTop
Sets the value of the Canvas. Top XAML attached property for a target element.
SetZIndex
Sets the value of the Canvas. ZIndex XAML attached property for a target element.
The following example shows how to add child elements into a Canvas. Here is the XAML implementation in which Rectangles are created inside a Canvas with different offset properties.
<Window x:Class = "XAMLCanvas.Window1" 
   xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
   xmlns:x = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
   Title = "MainWindow" Height = "400" Width = "604"> 
	
   <Grid> 
      <Canvas Width = "580" Height = "360" > 
         <Rectangle Canvas.Left = "30" Canvas.Top = "30" Fill = "Red" Width = "70" Height = "40" /> 
         <Rectangle Canvas.Right = "30" Canvas.Top = "30" Fill = "Blue" Width = "70" Height = "40" /> 
         <Rectangle Canvas.Left = "30" Canvas.Bottom = "30" Fill = "Gainsboro" Width = "70" Height = "40" /> 
         <Rectangle Canvas.Right = "30" Canvas.Bottom = "30" Fill = "SaddleBrown" Width = "70" Height = "40" /> 
      </Canvas> 
   </Grid> 
	
</Window> 
When you compile and execute the above code, it will produce the following output −
We recommend you to execute the above example code and experiment with some other properties as well.
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