Popup.PlacementTarget Property
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Gets or sets the element relative to which the Popup is positioned when it opens.
Namespace: System.Windows.Controls.Primitives
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
<object> <object.PlacementTarget> <UIElement .../> </object.PlacementTarget> </object>
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.UIElementThe UIElement that is the logical parent of the Popup control. The default is null.
You can position a popup by setting the PlacementTarget, PlacementRectangle, Placement, HorizontalOffset, and VerticalOffsetProperty properties. For more information, see Popup Placement Behavior.
The following example creates a Popup that is the child of a Canvas, and sets PlacementTarget to ellipse1, so the popup is relative to the Ellipse.
<Canvas Margin="5" Background="Red" Width="200" Height="150" > <Ellipse Name="ellipse1" Canvas.Top="60" Canvas.Left="50" Height="85" Width="60" Fill="Black"/> <Popup IsOpen="True" PlacementTarget="{Binding ElementName=ellipse1}"> <TextBlock Background="LightBlue" FontSize="18">This is a Popup</TextBlock> </Popup> </Canvas>
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The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
