Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element is enabled in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property.
Namespace:
System.Windows
Assembly:
PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property IsEnabled As Boolean
Dim instance As UIElement
Dim value As Boolean
value = instance.IsEnabled
instance.IsEnabled = value
public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
public:
virtual property bool IsEnabled {
bool get () sealed;
void set (bool value) sealed;
}
public final function get IsEnabled () : boolean
public final function set IsEnabled (value : boolean)
<object IsEnabled="bool" .../>
Property Value
Type:
System..::.Boolean
true if the element is enabled; otherwise, false. The default value is true.
Implements
IInputElement..::.IsEnabled
Dependency Property Information
Note that this property is influenced by class-specific implementations of IsEnabledCore on particular elements, often at runtime. Therefore, the default value listed here is sometimes not effective. For instance, a ScrollBar will be IsEnabled false whenever it is determined that there is no need to support a scrollbar. Attempting to set this value will also potentially be overridden by the value returned by IsEnabledCore.
Elements that are not enabled do not participate in hit testing or focus and therefore will not be sources of input events.
The following example shows a handler on one button that when executed will set IsEnabled false on another named button b1.
Public Partial Class RoutedEventAddRemoveHandler
Private Sub MakeButton(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
Dim b2 As Button = New Button()
b2.Content = "New Button"
AddHandler b2.Click, AddressOf Onb2Click
root.Children.Insert(root.Children.Count, b2)
DockPanel.SetDock(b2, Dock.Top)
text1.Text = "Now click the second button..."
b1.IsEnabled = False
End Sub
Private Sub Onb2Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
text1.Text = "New Button (b2) Was Clicked!!"
End Sub
public partial class RoutedEventAddRemoveHandler {
void MakeButton(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Button b2 = new Button();
b2.Content = "New Button";
// Associate event handler to the button. You can remove the event
// handler using "-=" syntax rather than "+=".
b2.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(Onb2Click);
root.Children.Insert(root.Children.Count, b2);
DockPanel.SetDock(b2, Dock.Top);
text1.Text = "Now click the second button...";
b1.IsEnabled = false;
}
void Onb2Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
text1.Text = "New Button (b2) Was Clicked!!";
}
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.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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