wpf Getting started with wpf Hello World application
Example
To create and run new WPF project in Visual Studio:
- Click File → New → Project
- Select template by clicking Templates → Visual C# → Windows → WPF Application and press OK:
- Open MainWindow.xaml file in Solution Explorer (if you don't see Solution Explorer window, open it by clicking View → Solution Explorer):
- In the XAML section (by default below Design section) add this code
<TextBlock>Hello world!</TextBlock>
inside Grid tag:
Code should look 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>
<TextBlock>Hello world!</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Window>
- Run the application by pressing F5 or clicking menu Debug → Start Debugging. It should look like:
