<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" Title="TextTrimming Sample"> <DockPanel Margin="10"> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Margin="0,0,0,25"> <Button Click="ttNone">TextTrimming="None"</Button> <Button Click="ttCE">TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"</Button> <Button Click="ttWE">TextTrimming="WordEllipsis"</Button> </StackPanel> <TextBlock Name="txt1" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"/> <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Width="400" FontFamily="Arial" Name="tf1" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Background="SkyBlue"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. </TextBlock> </DockPanel> </Window> //File:Window.xaml.cs using System; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Documents; namespace WpfApplication1 { public partial class Window1 : Window { public void ttNone(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { tf1.TextTrimming = System.Windows.TextTrimming.None; txt1.Text = "TextTrimming is now " + tf1.TextTrimming.ToString(); } public void ttCE(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { tf1.TextTrimming = System.Windows.TextTrimming.CharacterEllipsis; txt1.Text = "TextTrimming is now " + tf1.TextTrimming.ToString(); } public void ttWE(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { tf1.TextTrimming = System.Windows.TextTrimming.WordEllipsis; txt1.Text = "TextTrimming is now " + tf1.TextTrimming.ToString(); } } }