Vertical TextBox

Question

I am trying to create a vertical TextBox (i.e., text reads from bottom to top, or top to bottom, rather than left to right).  The code I have tried follows.  Unfortunately, it looks like the text box that I see is only 200 wide by 200 tall.  How would I accomplish a 300 tall by 200 wide vertical text box?

<UserControl x:Class="RotatedTextbox"

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Width="200" Height="300" x:Name="RotateTextBox">

<Grid>

<TextBox Height="200" Width="300" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Name="TextBox1" Text="Hello hjkhkj  hj h  huilj hiul hlkjh ljkh jklhkjlh jklh jklh ljkh jklh jlkh jklh ljkh ljkh jlkhuioguyg uygf uygh ghhu gjkg">

<TextBox.RenderTransform>

<TransformGroup>

<RotateTransform CenterX="100" CenterY="150" Angle="90"/>

<TranslateTransform X="-50" Y="-50" />

</TransformGroup>

</TextBox.RenderTransform>

</TextBox>

</Grid>

</UserControl>

Answer 1

Kevin,

Just out of interest, have you tried using LayoutTransform instead of RenderTransform? Maybe the control is being overlapped by other content that's not moving out of its way.

Matt

Answer 2

Weird...but it works!