I'll often use this:
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label>Username:</Label>
<TextBox />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label>Password:</Label>
<PasswordBox />
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
But it is such a common scenario, I feel like there is a way with less markup.
Also, is there a performance impact of using so many stack panels?
There are two primary ways to do this, StackPanels and Grid Definitions, and Grid
does not provide any less markup than StackPanel
. I personally like to use Grid Definitions a lot more. They take awhile to get use to, and every now and then I still use a StackPanel
, but overall they feel a lot cleaner when you get use to them. Here is a great tutorial on how to use them.
A reference that might also help is WPF Grid Vs. StackPanel.