#833 – CheckBox is a ContentControl

A CheckBox control derives from ContentControl, which means that it can contain a single piece of content.  In the case of a CheckBox, this content is rendered next to the actual check box that a user can check on or off.

You typically set the content of a CheckBox to a string, which gets rendered next to the check box.

        <CheckBox Content="Learn to juggle"/>
        <CheckBox Content="Read War and Peace"/>
        <CheckBox Content="Visit Japan"/>

You can, however, set the Content property to anything that you like, including a panel that contains other controls.

        <CheckBox VerticalContentAlignment="Center">
            <CheckBox.Content>
                <StackPanel>
                    <Image Source="Juggler.png" Height="85"/>
                    <Label Content="Learn to juggle"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </CheckBox.Content>
        </CheckBox>
        <CheckBox VerticalContentAlignment="Center">
            <CheckBox.Content>
                <StackPanel>
                    <Image Source="leo.jpg" Height="85"/>
                    <Label Content="Read War and Peace"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </CheckBox.Content>
        </CheckBox>
        <CheckBox VerticalContentAlignment="Center">
            <CheckBox.Content>
                <StackPanel>
                    <Image Source="kinkakuji.jpg" Height="85"/>
                    <Label Content="Visit Japan"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </CheckBox.Content>
        </CheckBox>