Rect.Empty Property

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Gets a special value that represents a rectangle with no position or area.

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Property Empty As Rect
public static Rect Empty { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Rect
The empty rectangle, which has X and Y property values of PositiveInfinity, and has Width and Height property values of NegativeInfinity.

Remarks

Avoid mathematical computations involving empty rectangles. Because both X and Y are infinite values, processor operations are severely impaired by these operations. Comparisons involving these values will not affect application performance.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.