Control.Padding Property

Definition

Gets or sets the padding inside a control.

C#
public Thickness Padding { get; set; }
XAML
<control Padding="uniform"/>
- or -
<control Padding="left&right,top&bottom"/>
- or -
<control Padding="left,top,right,bottom"/>

Property Value

The amount of space between the content of a Control and its Margin or Border. The default is a Thickness with values of 0 on all four sides.

Remarks

Each control might apply this property differently based on its visual template. This property only affects a control whose template uses the Padding property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no effect. For more info about control templates, see the Template property.

A related property is Margin (a property of FrameworkElement). For many controls, margin and padding would typically blend together with the division between them not being apparent in the rendering. For such controls it's typical to specify a Margin or a Padding, but not both. For more info about the relationship between margin and padding, see Alignment, margin, and padding or Define layouts with XAML.

Applies to

Product Versions
WinRT Build 10240, Build 10586, Build 14383, Build 15063, Build 16299, Build 17134, Build 17763, Build 18362, Build 19041, Build 20348, Build 22000, Build 22621, Build 26100

See also