title: Silverlight Border - Am I stupid?
body: <p>sorry, I did not find something useful when searching google. Very basic question, mainly "Am I stupid". I know StackPanel gives its child elements full space, but why does the "Auto" property relate to the PARENT element in case of a border. I mean perhaps I am doing something wrong, but this behaviour is definitly not what I intended:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/171/20090805002723.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pic1 http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/171/20090805002723.jpg</a></p>
  
  <p>Ok, after some thinking I found a way, which looks like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3173/20090805003045.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Seriously http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3173/20090805003045.jpg</a></p>
  
  <p>But really, this way? I mean a "minimal sized control" with a textbox (which width I want to define) and a border around it, and I need this kind of tree? If anyone has a better way, please tell me...</p>
  
  <p>Chris</p>
  
  <p>PS: And that while I am writing about the nice UI composition for Silverlight, and wanted to give a simple example.. I just say: Legendary!</p>