# Getting Started with WPF (.NET 5 and better)
> This article shows how to use the TX Text Control WPF.TextControl class within a .NET 6 application in Visual Studio 2022.
- **Author:** Bjoern Meyer
- **Published:** 2022-09-01
- **Modified:** 2025-11-16
- **Description:** This article shows how to use the TX Text Control WPF.TextControl class within a .NET 6 application in Visual Studio 2022.
- **3 min read** (467 words)
- **Tags:**
- WPF
- .NET 6
- Getting Started
- **LLMs.txt URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2022/09/01/getting-started-with-wpf-net-5-and-better/llms.txt
- **LLMs-full.txt URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2022/09/01/getting-started-with-wpf-net-5-and-better/llms-full.txt
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2022/09/01/getting-started-with-wpf-net-5-and-better/
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The following tutorial shows how to create a .NET Framework WPF Application that uses the WPF.TextControl class.
### Creating the Project
1. Open Visual Studio 2022 and create a new project. Select *C#* or *Visual Basic* from the *Languages* drop-down list, *Windows* from the *Platform list* and *Desktop* as the *Project Type.* Find the project template *WPF Application* and confirm with *Next*.
2. Specify a project name confirm with *Next*.
3. Select your preferred *Framework* version such as *.NET 6 (Long-term support)* and confirm with *Create*.
### Adding the Control
1. Select the project in the *Solution Explorer* and click *Project -> Manage NuGet Packages...* from the main menu.
2. Select *Text Control Offline Packages* as the *Package source* and click *Browse*.
3. Select **TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK** and click *Install*.
4. In the XAML view, replace the *Grid* with a *DockPanel* control as shown in the below screenshot:
### Connecting the Controls
In the next steps, the order in which the controls are added to the Window is important.
1. Find the *TX Text Control 31.0* tab in the *Toolbox*.
2. Double-click the *ButtonBar* in the *Toolbox* to add it to the Window.
> **Getting an error?**
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> For the first element, you will receive a warning similar to the screenshot below. To solve this, select the project in the *Solution Explorer* and click *Rebuild Solution*.
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Make sure that the Window is selected and not the inserted *ButtonBar* before adding the following elements.
3. Repeat this for the *RulerBar*, *StatusBar*, a second *RulerBar* and finally *TextControl*.
4. In the XAML, remove the *Height* and the *Width* properties for all added elements.
5. Name all elements according to the following screenshot: *buttonBar1*, *rulerBar1*, *statusBar*, *rulerBar2* and *textControl1*.
6. In the XAML, add the *Loaded="textControl1\_Loaded"* event handler to the *TextControl* element as a parameter, so that the line looks like this:
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Right-click on *textControl1\_Loaded* and choose *Go To Definition* from the opened context menu. Add the following code to the event handler:
```
private void textControl1_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
textControl1.Focus();
}
```
In the XAML, set the *DockPanel.Dock* property of the *RulerBar* to *Left*, the *HorizontalAlignment* to *Left* and the *VerticalAlignment* to *Stretch*. The full *DockPanel* XAML code should look like this:
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7. Now, press F5 to compile and start the application.
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