WPF copying wrap panel

Question

How do I copy WrapPanel?

I have window in which I have WrapPanel with some controls inside. I'd like to copy it inside my code so I would have 2 or more exact looking panels on the same window but with different names for controls.

This is how my XAML looks like:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
    <StackPanel x:Name="stackPanel" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="301" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="498">
        <WrapPanel x:Name="Wrap1" Height="142" Margin="0,0,345.6,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="152">
            <Button x:Name="wrap1_button" Content="Button" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
            <Button x:Name="wrap1_button1" Content="Button" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
            <Label x:Name="wrap1_label" Content="Label" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="74"/>
        </WrapPanel>
    </StackPanel>
</Grid>

I would like to get another WrapPanel placed next to first one, named Wrap2 with controls inside wrap2_button, wrap2_button1, wrap2_label.

I tried inserting it in StackPanel and doing something like that:

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        WrapPanel Wrap2 = Wrap1;
        stackPanel.Children.Add(Wrap2);
    }
}

but it doesnt work...

Answer 1

In short, you will have to create another WrapPanel, add it to the StackPanel, and add children to the second WrapPanel.

Now, if your reaction is to recoil from the duplication, that is a good instinct. This may be a good use case for a UserControl which is a way to bundle groups of standard WPF controls to allow for their reuse.

What I would suggest is to create a new UserControl which is a WrapPanel with the children you have, then add 2 instances of that new UserControl to the StackPanel in your window.

Here is a link to the Remarks of the UserControl class with some of the considerations of creating your own custom controls.