How to do it...

Perform the following steps to create a simple Canvas panel with a few label controls in it and position them to specific coordinate positions:

1. Open Solution Explorer and navigate to the project.
2. Open the MainWindow.xaml file and replace the default Grid with the following lines:

<Canvas> 
    <Label Width="100" Height="60" 
           Background="GreenYellow"  
           Canvas.Left="70" Canvas.Top="40" 
           Content="(70, 40)" 
           FontSize="20" FontWeight="Bold"/> 
    <Label Width="100" Height="60" 
           Background="YellowGreen"  
           Canvas.Left="220" Canvas.Top="90" 
           Content="(220, 90)" 
           FontSize="20" FontWeight="Bold"/> 
</Canvas> 

3. Build and run the application. It will show the following screen:

4. Now resize the window and observe...