XAML Unleashed

Margin and Padding

Margin and Padding are two very similar properties that are also related to an element’s size. All FrameworkElements have a Margin property, and all Controls (plus Border) have a Padding property. Their only difference is that Margin controls how much extra space gets placed around the outside edges of the element, whereas Padding controls how much extra space gets placed around the inside edges of the element.

Both Margin and Padding are of type Thickness, an interesting class that can represent one, two, or four double values. Here is how the values are interpreted when set in XAML:

When set to a list of four values, the numbers ...