Position of UIElement

11-06-2009 2:44 AM |

In Windows Forms, when I set the position of an UIElement I do it that way:
 

UIElement.Location = new Point(X, Y);

// then I get it with

UIElement.Location.X
UIElement.Location.Y

Re: Position of UIElement

11-06-2009 3:05 AM |

 You can use the SetValue method to set the Canvas Left (X) and Top(Y) property

Sample:

    <Canvas x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <Canvas x:Name="myCanvas"></Canvas>
    </Canvas>

            //X
            myCanvas.SetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty, 20);

            //Y
            myCanvas.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, 20);

            //Above X, Y of myCanvas relative to LayoutRoot

Re: Position of UIElement

11-07-2009 3:47 AM |

And how can I get these values in double, because GetValue gives me object?

Re: Re: Position of UIElement

11-07-2009 5:11 AM |

to get values in double either use the Convert.ToDouble or the type cast - for eg: In C# you can use :

double x = (double) objectVariable