Provides UI controls and classes that support existing and custom controls.
Members
The Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace has these types of members:
Classes
The Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace has these classes.
| Class | Description |
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| AppBar | Represents the container control that holds app UI components for commanding and experiences. |
| Border | Draws a border, background, or both, around another object. |
| Button | Represents a templated button control that interprets a Click user interaction. |
| Canvas | Defines an area within which you can explicitly position child objects, using coordinates that are relative to the Canvas area. |
| CaptureElement | Renders a stream from a capture device, such as a camera or webcam. |
| CheckBox | Represents a control that a user can select (check) or clear (uncheck). A CheckBox can also report its value as indeterminate. |
| CleanUpVirtualizedItemEventArgs | Provides data for the CleanUpVirtualizedItemEvent event. |
| ColumnDefinition | Defines column-specific properties that apply to Grid objects. |
| ColumnDefinitionCollection | Provides access to an ordered, strongly typed collection of ColumnDefinition objects. |
| ComboBox | Represents a selection control that combines a non-editable text box and a drop-down list box that allows users to select an item from a list. |
| ComboBoxItem | Represents the container for an item in a ComboBox control. |
| ContentControl | Represents a control with a single piece of content. Controls such as Button, CheckBox, and ScrollViewer directly or indirectly inherit from this class. |
| ContentPresenter | Displays the content of a ContentControl. |
| ContextMenuEventArgs | Provides event data for the ContextMenuOpening event that exists on several text-related UI elements. |
| Control | Represents the base class for UI elements that use a ControlTemplate to define their appearance. |
| ControlTemplate | Defines the element tree that is applied as the control template for a control. |
| DataTemplateSelector | Enables custom template selection logic at the application level. |
| DragItemsStartingEventArgs | Provides event data for the DragItemsStarting event. |
| FlipView | Represents an items control that displays one item at a time, and enables "flip" behavior for traversing its collection of items. |
| FlipViewItem | Represents the container for an item in a FlipView control. |
| Frame | Represents a content control that supports navigation. |
| Grid | Defines a flexible grid area that consists of columns and rows. Child elements of the Grid are measured and arranged according to their row/column assignments (set by using Grid.Row and Grid.Column attached properties) and other logic. |
| GridView | Represents a control that displays a horizontal grid of data items. |
| GridViewItem | Represents the container for an item in a GridView control. |
| GroupItem | Represents the root element for a subtree that is created for a group. |
| GroupStyle | Describes how to display the grouped items in a collection, such as the collection from GroupItems. |
| GroupStyleSelector | Enables custom group style selection logic as a function of the parent group and its level. |
| HyperlinkButton | Represents a button control that displays a hyperlink. |
| Image | Represents a control that displays an image. The image is specified as an image file in several possible formats. |
| ItemClickEventArgs | Provides event data for the ItemClick event. |
| ItemCollection | Holds the list of items that represent the content of an ItemsControl. |
| ItemContainerGenerator | Provides mappings between the items of an ItemsControl and their container elements. |
| ItemsControl | Represents a control that can be used to present a collection of items. |
| ItemsPanelTemplate | Specifies the panel that the ItemsPresenter creates for the layout of the items of an ItemsControl. |
| ItemsPresenter | Specifies where items are placed in a control, usually an ItemsControl. |
| ListBox | Contains a list of selectable items. |
| ListBoxItem | Represents the container for an item in a ListBox control. |
| ListView | Represents a control that displays a vertical list of data items. |
| ListViewBase | Provides the infrastructure for the ListView and GridView classes. |
| ListViewItem | Represents the container for an item in a ListView control. |
| MediaElement | Represents an object that contains audio, video, or both. |
| NotifyEventArgs | Provides data for the ScriptNotify event. |
| Page | Encapsulates a page of content that can be navigated to. |
| Panel | Provides a base class for all Panel elements. Use Panel elements to position and arrange child objects in a UI page. |
| PasswordBox | Represents a control for entering passwords. |
| ProgressBar | Represents a control that indicates the progress of an operation, where the typical visual appearance is a bar that animates a filled area as progress continues. |
| ProgressRing | Represents a control that indicates that an operation is ongoing. The typical visual appearance is a ring-shaped "spinner" that cycles an animation as progress continues. |
| RadioButton | Represents a button that allows a user to select a single option from a group of options. |
| RichEditBox | Represents a rich text editing control that supports formatted text, hyperlinks, and other rich content. |
| RichTextBlock | Represents a rich text display container that supports formatted text, hyperlinks, inline images, and other rich content. RichTextBlock supports a built-in overflow model. |
| RichTextBlockOverflow | Represents a rich text display overflow container. This element cannot have direct content. The only purpose of RichTextBlockOverflow is to display text content that does not fit in the bounds of a RichTextBlock or another RichTextBlockOverflow element. |
| RowDefinition | Defines row-specific properties that apply to Grid elements. |
| RowDefinitionCollection | Provides access to an ordered, strongly typed collection of RowDefinition objects. |
| ScrollContentPresenter | Displays the content of a ScrollViewer control. |
| ScrollViewer | Represents a scrollable area that can contain other visible elements. |
| ScrollViewerViewChangedEventArgs | Provides event data for the ViewChanged event and similar control-specific events. |
| SelectionChangedEventArgs | Provides data for the SelectionChanged event. |
| SemanticZoom | Represents a scrollable control that incorporates two views that have a semantic relationship. For example, the ZoomedOutView might be an index of titles, and the ZoomedInView might include details and summaries for each of the title entries. Views can be changed using zoom or other interactions. |
| SemanticZoomLocation | Communicates information for items and view state in a SemanticZoom, such that hosts for scrolling and virtualization (such as ListViewBase) can get correct item and bounds information. |
| SemanticZoomViewChangedEventArgs | Provides event data for the ViewChangeStarted and ViewChangeCompleted events. |
| Slider | Represents a control that lets the user select from a range of values by moving a Thumb control along a track. |
| StackPanel | Arranges child elements into a single line that can be oriented horizontally or vertically. |
| StyleSelector | Enables custom item style selection logic as a function of the content data and its specific item container. |
| SwapChainBackgroundPanel | Implements a XAML layout surface target for Microsoft DirectX interoperation scenarios. This panel has some atypical restrictions on its usage within an app window; see Remarks. |
| TextBlock | Provides a lightweight control for displaying small amounts of text. |
| TextBox | Represents a control that can be used to display single-format, multi-line text. |
| TextChangedEventArgs | Provides data for the TextChanged event. |
| ToggleSwitch | Represents a switch that can be toggled between two states. |
| ToolTip | Represents a control that creates a pop-up window that displays information for an element in the UI. |
| ToolTipService | Represents a service that provides static methods to display a ToolTip. |
| UIElementCollection | Represents an ordered collection of UIElement objects. |
| UserControl | Provides the base class for defining a new control that encapsulates related existing controls and provides its own logic. |
| VariableSizedWrapGrid | Provides a grid-style layout panel where each tile/cell can be variable size based on content. |
| Viewbox | Defines a content decorator that can stretch and scale a single child to fill the available space. |
| VirtualizingPanel | Provides a framework for Panel elements that virtualize their visual children. |
| VirtualizingStackPanel | Arranges and virtualizes content on a single line that is oriented either horizontally or vertically. Can only be used to display items in an ItemsControl. |
| WebView | Provides a UI element that hosts HTML content within the application. |
| WebViewBrush | Provides a brush that renders the content that is currently hosted in a WebView control. |
| WebViewNavigationFailedEventArgs | Provides data for the WebView.NavigationFailed event. |
| WrapGrid | Positions child elements sequentially from left to right or top to bottom. When elements extend beyond the container edge, elements are positioned in the next row or column. Can only be used to display items in an ItemsControl. |
Delegates
The Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace has these delegates.
| Delegate | Description |
|---|---|
| CleanUpVirtualizedItemEventHandler | Represents the method that handles the CleanUpVirtualizedItemEvent attached event. |
| ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the ContextMenuOpening event that exists on several text-related UI elements. |
| DragItemsStartingEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the DragItemsStarting event. |
| ItemClickEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle an ItemClick event. |
| NotifyEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the ScriptNotify event. |
| SelectionChangedEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the SelectionChanged event. |
| SemanticZoomViewChangedEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the ViewChangeStarted and ViewChangeCompleted events. |
| TextChangedEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the TextChanged event. |
| WebViewNavigationFailedEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the WebView.NavigationFailed event. |
Enumerations
The Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace has these enumerations.
| Enumeration | Description |
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| ClickMode | Specifies when the Click event should be raised for a control. |
| IncrementalLoadingTrigger | Defines constants that specify list view incremental loading behavior (IncrementalLoadingTrigger property). |
| ListViewSelectionMode | Defines constants that specify the selection mode of a ListView or GridView. |
| Orientation | Defines constants that specify the different orientations that a control or layout can have. |
| ScrollBarVisibility | Defines constants that specify the visibility of a scrollbar within a ScrollViewer control. |
| ScrollIntoViewAlignment | Defines constants that describe how an item that is programmatically scrolled into view aligns with the visible area. |
| ScrollMode | Defines constants that specify scrolling behavior for ScrollViewer and other parts involved in scrolling scenarios. |
| SelectionMode | Defines constants that specify the selection behavior for a ListBox. |
| SnapPointsType | Defines constants that specify how panning snap points are processed for gesture/manipulation input. |
| StretchDirection | Defines constants that specify the direction that content is scaled. |
| VirtualizationMode | Defines constants that specify how VirtualizingStackPanel manages item containers for its child items. |
| ZoomMode | Defines constants that specify the current mode for zoom behavior in the ScrollViewer content. |
Interfaces
The Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace defines these interfaces.
| Interface | Description |
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| INavigate | Defines the navigation action for navigation hosts and navigation initiators. |
| ISemanticZoomInformation | Communicates the info needed for a view to serve as one of the two possible views (ZoomedOutView or ZoomedInView) of a SemanticZoom. |
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 8 |
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Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2012 |
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Build date: 3/12/2013
