The Display Element Hierarchy
We can now create windows and place elements in them. We have noticed that some elements, for example, StackPanel
and Canvas
, can act as containers for other elements. At this point, we need to consider how the element classes relate to each other. They are structured in the form of a class hierarchy. A child class can extend a parent class, using the abilities and properties of the parent while adding and overriding behavior, as it requires.
Figure 7-16 shows the hierarchy of some of the elements in the Windows Presentation Foundation implementation on the .NET Micro Framework. All display items descend from the class UIElement
. This class provides a set of core behaviors and properties common to all display elements. ...
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