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<StackPanel Name="root"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  x:Class="WpfApplication1.FEFindName">
  <StackPanel.Resources>
      <Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
        <Setter Property="Height" Value="20"/>
        <Setter Property="Width" Value="250"/>
        <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
      </Style>
      <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
        <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="20"/>
      </Style>
  </StackPanel.Resources>
  <Button Click="Find">Find element with the ID "dog" and change color</Button>
  <StackPanel Name="stackPanel">
    <TextBlock Name="cat">Cat</TextBlock>
    <TextBlock Name="dog">Dog</TextBlock>
    <TextBlock Name="fish">Fish</TextBlock>    
  </StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
//File:Window.xaml.cs

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace WpfApplication1
{
    public partial class FEFindName {
        void Find(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            object wantedNode = stackPanel.FindName("dog");
            if (wantedNode is TextBlock)
            {
                TextBlock wantedChild = wantedNode as TextBlock;
                wantedChild.Foreground = Brushes.Blue;
            }
        }
    }
}

24.55.Panel
	24.55.1.	Add a control to a Panel
	24.55.2.	Remove Control from a Panel
	24.55.3.	Insert Button to a Panel
	24.55.4.	Add child control
	24.55.5.	Show Index of Controls
	24.55.6.	Clear Controls
	24.55.7.	Contains Element?
	24.55.8.	UIElement Count
	24.55.9.	Get Item At Index Position [0]
	24.55.10.	Panel is setting the data context to the scrollbar object
	24.55.11.	Find the index number of a newly added element within a panel, using the IndexOf method
	24.55.12.	Insert to a Panel by index
	24.55.13.	Get all children from a Panel
	24.55.14.	Search for an element by using Panel.FindName()
	24.55.15.	Panel.ZIndex
	24.55.16.	Without Panel.ZIndex
	24.55.17.	Override the default layout behavior of the Panel element and create custom layout elements that are derived from Panel.