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Recently I discovered WPF supports different measurement units in XAML. Besides default DIPs, there is also support for pixels, inches and centimeters (as far as I know). This allows designer to write XAML such as this: <Canvas> <Line X1="0cm" X2="3cm" Y1="1cm" Y2="3cm" Stroke="Black"/> </Canvas> However, you cannot bind these values. Imagine we have a ViewModel with Dimension property which is a String, for example "7cm". Following won't work: <Button Width="{Binding Dimension}">Test</Button> FormatException gets thrown. Similarly, when creating a FrameworkElement in code-behind, like this: Canvas1.Children.Add(new Button() { Width = "3cm", Content = "Test"}); Compilation fails because exception is thrown in constructor/wherever you try to create the control. I wonder: Is it possible to use natural units (in my case metric - centimeters) in code-behind? How? Is there a complete list of units WPF/XAML supports? EDIT: Here is a link from comment below, which resolves this question: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.frameworkelement.width.aspx

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