Question

Currently I’m using a TextBlock to show a single line with an image.

<TextBlock>
    <Image Name="StatusImage"  Stretch="Fill" MaxWidth="12" MaxHeight="12"
           Source="/Aam.Cerberus.Applications;component/Images/Warning.png"></Image>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ServiceStatusText}"></TextBlock>
    <TextBlock Text=" ("></TextBlock>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ServiceMachineName}"></TextBlock>
    <TextBlock Text=")"></TextBlock>
</TextBlock>

My questions are:

1. Is a TextBlock the right way to do this sort of thing?
2. How do I enable word wrapping?

Answer 1

You want the TextWrapping="Wrap" property.

However, according to the MSDN

TextBlock is not optimized for scenarios that need to display more than a few lines of content; for such scenarios, a FlowDocument coupled with an appropriate viewing control is a better choice than TextBlock, in terms of performance.