Question

Please see this image for what I’m referring to as a static box:

I’m not sure if that is it’s proper name.

The box should be able to hold an arbitrary child control (panel etc.) inside.

Answer 1

In WPF, it is called a GroupBox

See the MSDN documentation for the control:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.groupbox.aspx

How to use it

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <GroupBox Header="Test 1">
        <StackPanel Margin="6">
            <RadioButton x:Name="option1RadioButton" Content="Option 1" />
            <RadioButton x:Name="option2RadioButton" Content="Option 2" />
            <RadioButton x:Name="option3RadioButton" Content="Option 3" />
        </StackPanel>
    </GroupBox>
</Window>

Cool features

The WPF GroupBox is a bit more powerful than your standard Win32 group box. Instead of just being able to set text in the header, you can set any sort of content you want, such as images, or other controls:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <GroupBox>
        <GroupBox.Header>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Button Content="Test 1" />
                <Label Content="Test 2" />
                <Button Content="Test 3" />
            </StackPanel>
        </GroupBox.Header>
        <StackPanel Margin="6">
            <RadioButton x:Name="option1RadioButton" Content="Option 1" />
            <RadioButton x:Name="option2RadioButton" Content="Option 2" />
            <RadioButton x:Name="option3RadioButton" Content="Option 3" />
        </StackPanel>
    </GroupBox>
</Window>