TextBlock.Text Property
Definition
Important
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Gets or sets the text contents of a TextBlock.
public:
property System::String ^ Text { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };[System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Text)]
public string Text { get; set; }[<System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Text)>]
member this.Text : string with get, setPublic Property Text As StringProperty Value
The text contents of this TextBlock. Note that all non-text content is stripped out, resulting in a plain text representation of the TextBlock contents. The default is Empty.
- Attributes
Examples
The following example shows how to set the Text attribute of a TextBlock element.
<TextBlock Text="The text contents of this TextBlock element."/>
Alternately, the contents of a text run may simply be contained by TextBlock element tags.
The following example shows how to set the Text property programmatically.
TextBlock textBlock = new TextBlock();
textBlock.Text = "The text contents of this TextBlock.";
Dim textBlock As New TextBlock()
textBlock.Text = "The text contents of this TextBlock."
Remarks
Use this property when you want to show plain text in a TextBlock. When you need to format the text, add Inline objects to the Inlines property.
Dependency Property Information
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier field | TextProperty |
Metadata properties set to true |
AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender |
