Question

hi i have a question about the silverlight/xna template for wp7 programming.

i start a new projekt and then draw some content in the game screen. and then i add the following to the xaml page of GamePage:

<Grid Height="800" Name="grid1" Width="480" Background="White">
    <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="textBlock1" Text="Lifes: 3" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="Black" />
    <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="393,12,0,0" Name="textBlock2" Text="Points: 0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="Black" />
</Grid>

but the problem is i dont see the textBlock and i dont know why.
who can give me a hint?

Answer 1

Does your code look anything like this?

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
        <TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="MY APPLICATION" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
        <TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="page name" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
    </StackPanel>

    <Grid Height="800" Name="grid1" Grid.Row="1" Width="480" Background="White">
        <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="textBlock1" Text="Lifes: 3" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="Black" />
        <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="367,12,0,0" Name="textBlock2" Text="Points: 0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="Black" />
    </Grid>
</Grid>

Because I tested this and it works fine. Here’s the result:

• dark theme: http://dyp.im/5Hn23wjJk
• light theme: http://dyp.im/hXtmaBQEuv1

Update:

Otherwise you should provide some other code which might cause the problem.