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Getting a specific control from a WPF window?

Hi,

Is there a way to programatically go through a window's child elements to find one with a certain name? I'm loading xaml dynamically that creates a window and I'm looking to find a "placeholder" control inside it.

Thanks!

+2  A: 

Use the root control's FindName method.

Brandon  2009-06-22 22:18:49
Because controls are added programatically don't forget to use RegisterName.http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wpf/thread/1faeed04-3adf-4324-9a1b-68ac4aca64bc
m1k4  2009-06-22 22:24:04
Yep, this is a very important step thats usuaully overlooked. Simply giving it a name is not enough.
Brandon  2009-06-22 22:27:07
Considering that my window is built through XamlReader.LoadAsync, I don't need to register anything. So FindName just works. Thanks!
Steve the Plant  2009-06-22 22:35:58
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Alternatively you can use

VisualTreeHelper

to enumerate down the tree of controls.

Wolf5  2009-06-23 07:46:28

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