How do i put a border on my grid in C#/WPF?
This is what i would like it to be, but puts a border around the whole thing instead of the grid control i put in my application.
<Grid>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Grid Height="166" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="grid1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="479" Background="#FFF2F2F2" />
</Border>
... and so on ...
If you just want an outer border, the easiest way is to put it in a Border control:
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Grid>
<!-- Grid contents here -->
</Grid>
</Border>
The reason you're seeing the border completely fill your control is that, by default, it's HorizontalAlignment and VerticalAlignment are set to Stretch. Try the following:
<Grid>
<Border HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Grid Height="166" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="grid1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="479" Background="#FFF2F2F2" />
</Border>
</Grid>
This should get you what you're after (though you may want to put a margin on all 4 sides, not just 2...)