I've recently started learning WPF on my own. What is difference when declaring Name vs. x:Name?

Question

For instance, I have this code:

<Grid>
    <Rectangle Name="TheRectangle" Fill="AliceBlue" Height="100" Width="100">            
    </Rectangle>
</Grid>

VS.

<Grid>
    <Rectangle x:Name="TheRectangle" Fill="AliceBlue" Height="100" Width="100">            
    </Rectangle>
</Grid>

Thank you very much for the information. I'm very excited about learning something new like this. :D

Answer 1

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There is basically no difference between the two.

The "x:Name" expression is used in XAML to assign a name to an object that will be used to access the object from the code-behind.

Many classes of the framework expose a Name property, which does exactly this. For these classes, both x:Name and the Name property can be used interchangeably.

Answer 2

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Basically, x:Name is used by WPF to be accessed in Runtime and by XAML to generate fields in the code behind.