How do I loop through all the controls in a window in WPF?

Question

How do I loop through all the controls in a window in WPF?

Answer 1

Class to get a list of all the children's components of a control:

class Utility
    {
        private static StringBuilder sbListControls;

        public static StringBuilder GetVisualTreeInfo(Visual element)
        {
            if (element == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(String.Format("Element {0} is null !", element.ToString()));
            }

            sbListControls = new StringBuilder();

            GetControlsList(element, 0);

            return sbListControls;
        }

        private static void GetControlsList(Visual control, int level)
        {
            const int indent = 4;
            int ChildNumber = VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(control);

            for (int i = 0; i <= ChildNumber - 1; i++)
            {
                Visual v = (Visual)VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(control, i);

                sbListControls.Append(new string(' ', level * indent));
                sbListControls.Append(v.GetType());
                sbListControls.Append(Environment.NewLine);

                if (VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(v) > 0)
                {
                    GetControlsList(v, level + 1);
                }
            }
        }
    }

Answer 2

Just use the VisualTreeHelper class