How to find all the controls in WPF on a UserControl component

Question

I can get all UI controls on a Form but how to find controls on a certain UserControl?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:46

5

You can use Linq operator OfType and Controls property

var controls = YourForm
               .YourUserControl
               .Controls.OfType<TextBox>();
foreach(var control in controls)
{
    ....
}

answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:46

Aghilas Yakoub

4

I used this but the ".Controls" turned red, why? It says, Cannot Resolve Controls – Kokombads Dec 01 '14 at 04:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:51

1

You may have a look at the FindName(string) method of UserControl

answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:51

TorbenJ

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

1

If you only want to look in the immediate object you can do FindName:

object foundControl = someParentControl.FindName("nameOfChild");

or if you want recursive ways then you can look at this post here: How can I find WPF controls by name or type?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Community

answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:51

Bill Tarbell

This is no good if you want *all* the controls and you don't care or know what their names are. – Ben Sep 09 '17 at 16:37

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