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Vertical Scrollbar Visibility

So, this is something very basic i learned today. The scrollbar in silverlight appears only when the length of the container is predefined and not depended on its parent container. For example, if you set the grid row height in which you have placed you textbox to "AUTO", you will never be able to see/activate the scrollbar. Simply because the textbox assumes that you have set the parent grid in a manner that will keep the size in check. Instead of activating the Scrollbar in the container, in this case the text box, it will simply stretch the textbox beyond the parent container boundary.

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