Newline in a WPF-label?

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Natrium picture Natrium · Jan 27, 2009 · Viewed 70.2k times · Source

How can I add a newline in the text of a label in WPF such as the following?

<Label>Lorem 
  ipsum</Label>

Answer

Szymon Rozga picture Szymon Rozga · Jan 27, 2009 
<Label><TextBlock>Lorem<LineBreak/>ipsum</TextBlock></Label>

You need to use TextBlock because TextBlock accepts as children a collection of Inline objects. So you are giving the TextBlock element three Inline items: Run Text="Lorem", LineBreak, and Run Text="ipsum".

You can't do the following:

<Label>Lorem<LineBreak/>ipsum</Label>`

because a label accepts one content child element.

Also, not sure exactly what your use case is but notice I placed a TextBlock inside your Label element. Is it repetitive? Not really, depending on your need. Here's a good article on the differences between the two elements: Difference between Label and TextBlock

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