How do I get my label to word wrap?

Question

Here's my xaml:

<Label Name="lblQuestion" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="28" Foreground="Navy" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >Some Question?</Label>

The HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" doesn't seem to do diddly squat -- how can I get the label's content to word wrap?

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Answer 1

Put a TextBlock inside your label with TextWrapping set to Wrap

Answer 2

Putting a TextBlock inside the label:

<Label Name="lblQuestion" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="28" Foreground="Navy" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >Some Question?
        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Row="2"></TextBlock>
            </Label>

...won't compile.

Putting a TextBlock around the Label:

        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Row="2">
        <Label Name="lblQuestion" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="28" Foreground="Navy" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >Some Question?</Label>
        </TextBlock>

...did not work.

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Answer 3

I simply replaced the label with a TextBlock, and now it works fine:

 

 

 

<TextBlock Name="tbQuestion" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="28" TextWrapping="Wrap" Foreground="Navy" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >Some Question?</TextBlock>

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Answer 4

Putting a TextBlock inside the label:

<Label Name="lblQuestion" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="28" Foreground="Navy" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >Some Question?
        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Row="2"></TextBlock>
            </Label>

...won't compile.

Putting a TextBlock around the Label:

        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Row="2">
        <Label Name="lblQuestion" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="28" Foreground="Navy" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >Some Question?</Label>
        </TextBlock>

...did not work.

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Writer / Photographer - http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631

No, you can't put text (which WPF will automatically convert to a TextBlock) plus another TextBlock as the child of a label. A Label can only have one child. Put the TextBlock inside the label and the text inside the TextBlock. Or just use the TextBlock by itself if you don't need the additional features of the label.