{"id":200,"date":"2009-08-11T11:54:40","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T15:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikriv.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2009-08-11T11:54:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T15:54:40","slug":"wpf-selecting-a-background-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikriv.com\/blog\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"WPF: Selecting a Background Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many people have pointed out, WPF in its current form is far from point-and-click experience. This is how you set background image on a windows form (not WPF):<\/p>\n

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  1. Select the form<\/li>\n
  2. Right click on properties<\/li>\n
  3. Find BackgroundImage<\/code> property<\/li>\n
  4. Click “Import”, find your file on disk<\/li>\n
  5. You’re done<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In WPF you need to add the file to the project, and then you have to write by hand<\/i> something like this:<\/p>\n

    \n<Window.Background>\n  <ImageBrush ImageSource=\"\/Images\/sahara.jpg\" Stretch=\"Fill\" \/>\n<\/Window.Background>\n<\/pre>\n
    This is way too much writing. I would tolerate something like <Window BackgroundImage=\"\/Images\/sahara.jpg\"><\/code>, but this brush mambo-jumbo just does not feel right. Too much noise. Yes, I know it fits nicely in the conceptual model et cetera, but it is still too much typing for such a simple task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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