Base Elements

Four key classes--UIElement, ContentElement, FrameworkElement, and FrameworkContentElement--implement a substantial percentage of the common element functionality available in WPF programming. These four classes are referred to in this SDK as the base element classes.

In This Section

Base Elements Overview
Freezable Objects Overview
Alignment, Margins, and Padding Overview
How-to Topics

Reference

UIElement

ContentElement

FrameworkElement

FrameworkContentElement

WPF Architecture
XAML in WPF
Element Tree and Serialization
Properties
Events
Input
Resources
Styling and Templating
Threading Model