Silverlight Rounding Corners - silverlight

I have a Grid with various child elements like Grid, Stackpanel, Image...Is it possible to round the corners of the grid in a way that crops ALL of the contents? Additionally, the root Grid can vary in size so that cannot be hard coded.
Edit: After a great deal of searching I found that the best solution for this problem is using ClippingBehavior as susggested by #wdavo, thanks! The real problem is not knowing the dimensions of the image. If you know the dimensions then there are many simple out of the box solutions out there.

You can use this clipping behavior
http://expressionblend.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/61176#494852
You'll need the Expression Blend SDK installed
<UserControl
x:Class="RoundedCorners.MainPage"
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:behaviors="clr-namespace:Expression.Samples.Interactivity"
xmlns:i="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Interactivity;assembly=System.Windows.Interactivity"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="800"
d:DesignWidth="800">
<Grid
x:Name="LayoutRoot"
Background="White"
Margin="50">
<Grid
Background="LightGreen">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition
Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<i:Interaction.Behaviors>
<behaviors:ClippingBehavior
CornerRadius="30" />
</i:Interaction.Behaviors>
<Image
Grid.Row="0"
Stretch="Fill"
Source="Image.JPG" />
<StackPanel
Grid.Row="1">
<TextBlock
Text="Hello" />
<TextBlock
Text="World" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Grid>

You can do that by inserting the grid or stack panel to a border control just like the code below:
<Border CornerRadius="5,5,0,5" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Black" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Width="100" Height="100" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF030FC6" Offset="0.2"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</StackPanel.Background>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<Border CornerRadius="5,5,0,5" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Black" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="100" Height="100" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="68.833,0,0,0">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE90D0D" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
<Grid/>
</Border>

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xaml wpf - Gradient Brush resource doesn't work correctly

I'm already desperate to find the answer why this happens... here's my code:
ResourceDictionary
<Color x:Key="ControlStrokeColorDefault">#0F000000</Color>
<Color x:Key="ControlStrokeColorSecondary">#29000000</Color>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ControlElevationBorderBrush" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,3">
<LinearGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
<ScaleTransform CenterY="0.5" ScaleY="-1" />
</LinearGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
<LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
<GradientStop Offset="0.33" Color="{DynamicResource ControlStrokeColorSecondary}" />
<GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="{DynamicResource ControlStrokeColorDefault}" />
</LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
</LinearGradientBrush>
Panel
<Grid Background="#29000000">
<WrapPanel Background="#F7F7F7" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Border Margin="20" Width="100" Height="60" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource ControlElevationBorderBrush}">
<TextBlock>Ok</TextBlock>
</Border>
<Border Margin="20" Width="100" Height="100" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource ControlElevationBorderBrush}">
<TextBlock>???</TextBlock>
</Border>
</WrapPanel>
</Grid>
As a Result, I get that the gradient is calculated only on the first element... is this a wpf bug or am I missing something?
this is because of ScaleY="-1" in ScaleTransform
Scale creates different sizes at different heights

VB.net WPF textblock

can you please help me.
Im new in WPF and trying absolutely simple code. Have form with open save dialog. Path to a file im fill to a textblock and this string i need use in other module.
Without WPF i know how i can use it
frm_main.txt_path.text
But i cannot find this in WPF. This is my form. And i need use txt_path textblock
<Window x:Class="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:SCM_TO_BIESSE"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="Conversion SCM XXL code to Biesse XNC" Height="413.059" Width="647.202">
<Grid x:Name="frm_main" Margin="1,1,1,1.2">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="194*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="445*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4396E4" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Grid.Background>
<TextBlock x:Name="txt_path" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="68,196,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="48" Width="285" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Foreground="#FF6B5050">
<TextBlock.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF897F7F" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFFAFAFA" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</TextBlock.Background>
</TextBlock>
<Button x:Name="btn_open" Content="Select file for conversion" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="211.4,196,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="160" Height="48" Grid.Column="2" RenderTransformOrigin="0.377,-0.663"/>
<Image Grid.Column="1" Margin="1,1,317.4,295" Source="new.jpg" Stretch="Fill" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<Button x:Name="btn_open_Copy" Content="Start Conversion" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="65.4,304,0,29" Width="160" Grid.Column="2" RenderTransformOrigin="0.377,-0.663"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
Thanks very much for a help .
Marek
WPF is predicated (based, built) on binding to achieve a separation of concerns. You can do things the same way as WinForms but it isn't advised.
First (as mentioned in a comment) you need to use a TextBox, not a TextBlock. You haven't bound your TextBox to an underlying property (note that I've simplified this):
<TextBox x:Name="txt_path"
Text="{Binding YourTextProperty}"
Height="48" Width="285"
>
</TextBox>
</Grid>
You then have a public get/set string property called YourTextProperty on your viewmodel - then anything populated in to that TextBox will get automatically propagated to the underlying property (and vice versa - if you've correctly implemented INPC then any value populated into the property will get reflected in the textbox).

working with fontstretch in wpf

I want to learn how to utilize fontstretch in my wpf applications.
I've created this simple usercontrol, a border with rounded corners which has a textblock. I want to stretch the text of the textblock to fill my border. I want to avoid the use of the viewbox control to do this.
this is my usercontrol xaml
<UserControl x:Class="DisplayObject"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400" Background="Transparent">
<UserControl.Resources>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="BackGroundBrush" StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="1,1">
<GradientStop Color="AntiqueWhite" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="White" Offset="0.45" />
<GradientStop Color="Silver" Offset="1" />
</LinearGradientBrush>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Border x:Name="LayoutRoot" CornerRadius="12" Background="{StaticResource BackGroundBrush}" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<TextBlock TextAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Path=DisplayText}"
Background="Transparent" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"
TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="12" FontFamily="Arial" FontStretch="UltraExpanded"/>
</Border>
</UserControl>
From what I gather from reading online the Arial font is an opentype so it supports stretching. I tried using horizontal/vertical alignment values of "Stretch" but this did not help. Not sure what I have done wrong but I figured someone on this site may be able to explain why its not stretching for me, and how to fix it.
Thanks for reading my post.
The Arial font does not seem to support the FontStretch value of UltraExpanded. Try the value of UltraCondensed instead to see it work:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding DisplayText}" FontSize="30"
FontFamily="Arial" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding DisplayText}" FontSize="30"
FontFamily="Arial" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"
FontStretch="UltraCondensed" />
</Grid>
Look at the Why FontStretch does not work in WPF? post to find out an alternative to using this little used property.

A shape in XAML - how to draw this:

I need to make this shape on a windows phone 8 using XAML:
It is easy to make a rectangle with rounded corners, and the gray background also. But to make the top of the rectangle to be as shown seems very hard. Can someone give me a hint? It's been 2 years since I used XAML, and I am removeing the rust.
nah not really, it's actually pretty simple and there's multiple ways to accomplish the same effect. Here's an example.
<Grid Width="150" Height="200">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="20"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border CornerRadius="10,10,0,0">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.822,0.633" StartPoint="0.158,0.189">
<GradientStop Color="#FF09CCF4" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF020CA7" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
<TextBlock Text="Blah" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Foreground="White"/>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Row="1" Background="White" CornerRadius="0,0,10,10"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="Other Stuff" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
You can trade the Border 's that were used for Rectangle's if you like, hope this helps.

StackPanel with rounded and degraded background

Im trying to create a stackpanel with a rounded background, that also has a linearbrush from grey to trasparent
I used the ideas exposed here to prevent clipping
http://chriscavanagh.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/wpf-easy-rounded-corners-for-anything/
The problem now is that the text inside the stackpanel also has degradation and then turns invisible
any help?
Similar question
How do I create a WPF Rounded Corner container?
Code:
<Border Margin="235,78,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="8" >
<Grid>
<Border Name="mask" CornerRadius="7">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0.5" EndPoint="1,0.5">
<GradientStop Color="Gray" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
</Border>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=mask}"/>
</StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<Image Height="16" Width="16" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="NearestNeighbor" />
<TextBlock Foreground="Black" Margin="5,0,3,0" Text="00620"/>
<TextBlock Foreground="Black" Margin="5,0,3,0" Text="Error sincronización" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>
This is due to the OpacityMask, try to remove these lines from your XAML:
<StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=mask}"/>
</StackPanel.OpacityMask>
And it should work

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