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title: "How to: Use Automatic Layout to Create a Button"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "Button controls [WPF], creating with automatic layout"
  - "automatic layout [WPF], creating buttons"
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---
# How to: Use Automatic Layout to Create a Button
This example describes how to use the automatic layout approach to create a button in a localizable application.  
  
 Localization of a [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_ui](../../../includes/tlasharptla-ui-md.md)] can be a time consuming process. Often localizers need to resize and reposition elements in addition to translating text. In the past each language that a [!INCLUDE[TLA2#tla_ui](../../../includes/tla2sharptla-ui-md.md)] was adapted for required adjustment. Now with the capabilities of [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_winclient](../../../includes/tlasharptla-winclient-md.md)] you can design elements that reduce the need for adjustment. The approach to writing applications that can be more easily resized and repositioned is called `automatic layout`.  
  
## Example  

The following two [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tlasharptla-xaml-md.md)] examples create applications that instantiate a button; one with English text and one with Spanish text. Notice that the code is the same except for the text; the button adjusts to fit the text.

[!code-xaml[LocalizationBtn_snip#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/LocalizationBtn_snip/CS/Pane1.xaml#1)]  
  
[!code-xaml[LocalizationBtn#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/LocalizationBtn/CS/Pane1.xaml#1)]  
  
 The following graphic shows the output of the code samples with auto-resizable buttons:
  
 ![The same button with text in different languages](./media/use-automatic-layout-overview/auto-resizable-button.png)  
  
## See also

- [Use Automatic Layout Overview](use-automatic-layout-overview.md)
- [Use a Grid for Automatic Layout](how-to-use-a-grid-for-automatic-layout.md)