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How to move labels that was added programmatically?

I have Xml file which stores names of objects. When I start the program, I load the object names and then make new label for each object name.
(I know there is posibility to move labels by using _MouseMove() and _MouseDown() methods, but it works only if I put the label by drag and drop in [Project] or create new label by Label label = new Label();. Generally: when control object has his own name.)
So is there any posibility to move labels which was added by the code like here below?
public List<Activities> listOfActivities = new List<Activities>();
listOfActivities = XmlSerialization.ReadFromXmlFile<List<Activities>>("activities.txt");
foreach (Activities activity in listOfActivities)
{
Point point = new Point(activity.xLabel, activity.yLabel);
Label label = new Label();
label.Text = activity.name;
label.Location = point;
label.Visible = true;
this.Controls.Add(label);
}

Is it possible to edit a cell with a CheckBox and TextBlock

I have the following coding where I bind a CheckBox and TextBlock into one DataGridTemplateColumn.
Would it be possible for me to edit the cell with the checkbox and textbox when I click on the cell itself to edit the text inside of it? I still want to be able to set my CheckBox to true or false at the same time as editing the text within the textblock.
Here is my coding:
private void btnFeedbackSelectSupplier_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
DataGridTemplateColumn columnFeedbackSupplier = new DataGridTemplateColumn();
columnFeedbackSupplier.Header = "Supplier";
columnFeedbackSupplier.CanUserReorder = true;
columnFeedbackSupplier.CanUserResize = true;
columnFeedbackSupplier.IsReadOnly = false;
//My stack panel where I will host the two elements
var stackPanel = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(StackPanel));
stackPanel.SetValue(StackPanel.OrientationProperty, Orientation.Horizontal);
DataTemplate cellTemplate = new DataTemplate();
//Where I create my checkbox
FrameworkElementFactory factoryCheck = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(CheckBox));
Binding bindCheck = new Binding("TrueFalse");
bindCheck.Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay;
factoryCheck.SetValue(CheckBox.IsCheckedProperty, bindCheck);
stackPanel.AppendChild(factoryCheck);
//Where I create my textblock
FrameworkElementFactory factoryText = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBlock));
Binding bindText = new Binding("Supplier");
bindText.Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay;
factoryText.SetValue(TextBlock.TextProperty, bindText);
stackPanel.AppendChild(factoryText);
cellTemplate.VisualTree = stackPanel;
columnFeedbackSupplier.CellTemplate = cellTemplate;
DataGridTextColumn columnFeedbackSupplierItem = new DataGridTextColumn();
columnFeedbackSupplier.Header = (cmbFeedbackSelectSupplier.SelectedItem as DisplayItems).Name;
dgFeedbackAddCost.SelectAll();
IList list = dgFeedbackAddCost.SelectedItems as IList;
IEnumerable<ViewQuoteItemList> items = list.Cast<ViewQuoteItemList>();
var collection = (from i in items
let a = new ViewQuoteItemList { Item = i.Item, Supplier = i.Cost, TrueFalse = false }
select a).ToList();
dgFeedbackSelectSupplier.Columns.Add(columnFeedbackSupplier);
dgFeedbackSelectSupplier.ItemsSource = collection;
}
My example of how it looks now and how I would like to edit that R12 value inside the cell, while still being able to set the checkbox to true or false.

As for my original question, YES you can edit the cell with a CheckBox inside, but instead of a TextBlock I used a TextBox and I changed my the following coding from my question:
var stackPanel = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(StackPanel));
stackPanel.SetValue(StackPanel.OrientationProperty, Orientation.Horizontal);//Delete this line
To
var dockPanel = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(DockPanel));
Because a StackPanel does not have support for certain elements (like a TextBox) to fill the remaining available space, where a DockPanel does have support for it.
And then I added this line to make my TextBox fill the remaining space availble
factoryText.SetValue(TextBox.HorizontalAlignmentProperty, HorizontalAlignment.Stretch);
Hope this will help someone else out there :)

Why do you want to use TextBlock instead of TextBox ? If you want to expand the full width of my column length, then just set HorizontalAlignment to Stretch like that:
FrameworkElementFactory factoryText = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBox));
factoryText.Text = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
Update:
And put your TextBox into Grid or DockPanel; as Zach Johnson says that StackPanel is meant for "stacking" things even outside the visible region, so it won't allow you to fill remaining space in the stacking dimension.

WPF dynamic binding of a control property to another control property

I have a question - I was coding happily a quick little feature to an app, which was a simple comparison output window.
Basically, user clicks a button and I generate a window with a datagrid of two columns of data.
It's all great and a five minutes code living inside one method with no unnecessary reference to anything else. The only problem I encountered was when I wanted to add a TopMost checkbox to this window.
How do I bind the IsChecked property of the box to the TopMost property of the window?
var checkbox = new CheckBox();
checkbox.Name = "cb";
checkbox.Content = "Top most";
var grid = new DataGrid();
grid.ItemsSource = wcList;
grid.Margin = new Thickness(5);
var panel = new StackPanel();
panel.Children.Add(checkbox);
panel.Children.Add(grid);
var win = new Window();
//Binding b = new Binding("cb");
//b.Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay;
//b.UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged;
//win.SetBinding(Window.TopmostProperty, b);
win.Title = "WordCount comparison";
win.Content = panel;
win.SizeToContent = SizeToContent.WidthAndHeight;
win.Icon = this.Icon;
win.Show();
This was supposed to be a 5-minutes one-off method, which is why I don't want to go as far as adding any xaml or properties into the code.
Cheers
Bartek

The other way around as you tried (in the commented code):
checkbox.SetBinding(CheckBox.IsCheckedProperty, new Binding("Topmost") { Source = win });
just after you instantiated your win variable.

Adding Space into a StackPanel full of Textboxes

I am new at C# & XAML development. I created a metro app with several textboxes. These textboxes are loaded in XAML data through a StackPanel in C# code, it has to be hardcoded. The problem is, I have no clue how I can add some empty spaces between every single textbox. Has anyone an idea?
The Code :
private void AddLastestCreatedField()
{
// Load the last created Field From DB
DBFunction.FieldTypes latestField;
DBFunction.Class1 myDBClass = new DBFunction.Class1();
latestField = myDBClass.GetLastestField();
// add new textbox and put it on the screen
var dragTranslation = new TranslateTransform();
//Generate the TextBox
TextBox fieldTextBox = new TextBox();
fieldTextBox.Name = "fieldTextBox_" + latestField.ID.ToString();
fieldTextBox.FontSize = 15;
fieldTextBox.Background.Opacity = 0.8;
ToolTip toolTip = new ToolTip();
toolTip.Content = latestField.Description;
ToolTipService.SetToolTip(fieldTextBox, toolTip);
fieldTextBox.IsReadOnly = true;
// Add Drag and Drop Handler for TextBox
fieldTextBox.ManipulationMode = ManipulationModes.All;
fieldTextBox.ManipulationDelta += fieldTextBox_ManipulationDelta;
fieldTextBox.ManipulationCompleted += fieldTextBox_ManipulationCompleted;
fieldTextBox.RenderTransform = dragTranslation;
dragTranslationDict.Add(fieldTextBox.Name, dragTranslation);
fieldTextBox.RenderTransform = dragTranslation;
// Add TextBox to a List to control later
TxtBoxList.Add(fieldTextBox);
// Generate TextBlock for each TextBlock
TextBlock fieldTextBlock = new TextBlock();
// fieldTextBlock.Name = "fieldTextBlock_" + cnt.ToString();
fieldTextBlock.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Right;
fieldTextBlock.HorizontalAlignment = Windows.UI.Xaml.HorizontalAlignment.Right;
fieldTextBlock.Name = "fieldTextBlock_" + latestField.ID.ToString();
fieldTextBlock.Text = latestField.Name;
fieldTextBlock.FontSize = 15;
fieldTextBlock.Height = 33;
// Add Drag and Drop Handler for TextBlock
var dragTranslation2 = new TranslateTransform();
fieldTextBlock.RenderTransform = dragTranslation2;
dragTranslationDict2.Add(fieldTextBlock.Name, dragTranslation2);
// Add TextBlock to a list to control later
TxtBlockList.Add(fieldTextBlock);
TextBoxStack.Children.Add(fieldTextBox);
TextBlockStack.Children.Add(fieldTextBlock);
}

I'll skip the usual "What have you tried?" question and say you probably can get what you need by setting the Margin property on the TextBox - the Margin property will add "space" around the control size as a sort of padding (not to be confused with the Padding property, which will add space inside the control extents)

I don't know what you are really up to, but either use the Margin-property of the textbox. It defines, how much space there will be around the control,
See MSDN for more information.

Adding and removing dynamic controls Windows Forms using C#

I have three Tabs in my Windows Forms form. Depending on the selected RadioButton in the TabPages[0], I added few dynamic controls on the relevant TabPage. On the Button_Click event the controls are added, but the problem is I'm not able to remove the dynamically added controls from the other (irrelevant) TabPage.
Here's my code:
Label label235 = new Label();
TextBox tbMax = new TextBox();
label235.Name = "label235";
tbMax.Name = "txtBoxNoiseMax";
label235.Text = "Noise";
tbMax.ReadOnly = true;
label235.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
tbMax.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
label235.Size = new Size(74, 13);
tbMax.Size = new Size(85, 20);
if (radioButton1.Checked)
{
label235.Location = new Point(8, 476);
tbMax.Location = new Point(138, 473);
tabControl.TabPages[1].Controls.Add(label235);
tabControl.TabPages[1].Controls.Add(tbMax);
tabControl.TabPages[2].Controls.RemoveByKey("label235");
tabControl.TabPages[2].Controls.RemoveByKey("tbMax");
}
else
{
label235.Location = new Point(8, 538);
tbMax.Location = new Point(138, 535);
tabControl.TabPages[1].Controls.RemoveByKey("label235");
tabControl.TabPages[1].Controls.RemoveByKey("tbMax");
tabControl.TabPages[2].Controls.Add(label235);
tabControl.TabPages[2].Controls.Add(tbMax);
}
Where am I making that mistake?

First of all, tbMax's name is not "tbMax", but "txtBoxNoiseMax". So for one, it won't be able to find the TextBox on RemoveByKey.
You're making new controls each time.

As lc already mentioned:
You named your TextBox variable tbMax, but you gave it the name txtBoxNoiseMax. If you take a look into the description of RemoveByKey, you'll see it works on the Name property. So you should change
tbMax.Name = "txtBoxNoiseMax";
into
tbMax.Name = "tbMax";