As Carl has already said, , and as you have discovered, dragging things
around in the designer doesn't always put the object where you actually want
it in the visual tree. Dragging objects around will move the position of the
object by changing the top and left properties (if in a canvas) or by
changing margins (if in a grid). Its possible, but difficult to get the
object into the correct container. I think there are some keys such as
holding Alt while dragging to move the dragged object into a container.
Its way easier to drag the object within the objects pane ("Objects and
Timeline" pane), and modifying properties in properties pane.
My process of adding a new object, I select the target container in the
object pane then double click the object in the toolbox that I want to add.
This will add the object as the last object within the selected container.
then drag it (can drag it anywhere) up or down the visual tree.I don't think you are doing anything wrong, do what is fastest. I sometimes put Blend in split view and copy and paste, or modify stuff in the text view. Somethings are quicker if you look at the XAML. Grids columns and rows for example is buried away three or so clicks away. As you use Blend more you will become more familiar with it and learn what works best. After a while you don't see the XAML, you see blondes, brunettes... ;) cheers, Stephen On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Vishwanath Humpy <[email protected]>wrote: > Who can help me? > > Every time I use expression blend I find myself editing the xaml by hand to > quickly do what I want. > > I have just started sketchflow prototypes. I needed to add a tabcontrol / > tabitem / listview / buttons. I try hard using the designer but nothing > ends up where it should be and things end up in wrong container and I fix it > by editing the xaml. This is ok because I like xaml. But I should be able > to use the designer I think. > > Is there any good training resource for self teaching? Or if you are good > at xaml is it best to just keep doing it they way I have been? > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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