ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll Property (System.Windows.Controls)

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.NET Framework Class Library

ScrollViewer..::.CanContentScroll Property

Updated: July 2009

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether elements that support the IScrollInfo interface are allowed to scroll. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property CanContentScroll As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ScrollViewer
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.CanContentScroll

instance.CanContentScroll = value

public bool CanContentScroll { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property bool CanContentScroll {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

JScript

public function get CanContentScroll () : boolean
public function set CanContentScroll (value : boolean)

XAML Attribute Usage

<object CanContentScroll="bool" .../>

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if content can scroll; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	CanContentScrollProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

Remarks

Content in a ScrollViewer can be scrolled in terms of physical units or logical units. Physical units are device independent pixels. Logical units are used for scrolling items within an ItemsControl. The default behavior of the ScrollViewer is to use physical units to scroll its content. However in cases where the CanContentScroll is set to true, the content could use logical units to scroll. This is how item scrolling is achieved in ListBox, ListView and other controls that inherit from ItemsControl. If CanContentScroll is true, the values of the ExtentHeight, ScrollableHeight, ViewportHeight, and VerticalOffset properties are number of items, instead of a physical unit.

If you require physical scrolling instead of logical scrolling, wrap the host Panel element in a ScrollViewer and set its CanContentScroll property to false. Physical scrolling is the default scroll behavior for most Panel elements.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to set the CanContentScroll property by using code. For the complete sample, see ScrollChanged Event Sample.

Visual Basic

Private Sub scrollTrue(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As RoutedEventArgs)
    sv1.CanContentScroll = True
    sv1.Height = 600
    myStackPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible
    btn1.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed
End Sub

private void scrollTrue(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    sv1.CanContentScroll = true;
    sv1.Height = 600;
    myStackPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
    btn1.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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