ScaleTransform Class
Scales an object in the 2-D x-y coordinate system.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
The ScaleTransform type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ScaleTransform() | Initializes a new instance of the ScaleTransform class. |
![]() | ScaleTransform(Double, Double) | Initializes a new instance of the ScaleTransform class with the specified x- and y- scale factors. The scale operation is centered on (0,0). |
![]() | ScaleTransform(Double, Double, Double, Double) | Initializes a new instance of the ScaleTransform class that has the specified scale factors and center point. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CanFreeze | Gets a value that indicates whether the object can be made unmodifiable. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | CenterX | Gets or sets the x-coordinate of the center point of this ScaleTransform. |
![]() | CenterY | Gets or sets the y-coordinate of the center point of this ScaleTransform. |
![]() | DependencyObjectType | Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Dispatcher | Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.) |
![]() | HasAnimatedProperties | Gets a value that indicates whether one or more AnimationClock objects is associated with any of this object's dependency properties. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | Inverse | Gets the inverse of this transform, if it exists. (Inherited from Transform.) |
![]() | IsFrozen | Gets a value that indicates whether the object is currently modifiable. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | IsSealed | Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only). (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ScaleX | Gets or sets the x-axis scale factor. |
![]() | ScaleY | Gets or sets the y-axis scale factor. |
![]() | Value | Gets the current scaling transformation as a Matrix object. (Overrides Transform::Value.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty, AnimationClock) | Applies an AnimationClock to the specified DependencyProperty. If the property is already animated, the SnapshotAndReplace handoff behavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty, AnimationClock, HandoffBehavior) | Applies an AnimationClock to the specified DependencyProperty. If the property is already animated, the specified HandoffBehavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty, AnimationTimeline) | Applies an animation to the specified DependencyProperty. The animation is started when the next frame is rendered. If the specified property is already animated, the SnapshotAndReplace handoff behavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty, AnimationTimeline, HandoffBehavior) | Applies an animation to the specified DependencyProperty. The animation is started when the next frame is rendered. If the specified property is already animated, the specified HandoffBehavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | CheckAccess | Determines whether the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.) |
![]() | ClearValue(DependencyProperty) | Clears the local value of a property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyProperty identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ClearValue(DependencyPropertyKey) | Clears the local value of a read-only property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyPropertyKey. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Clone | Creates a modifiable copy of this ScaleTransform by making deep copies of its values. |
![]() | CloneCore | Makes the instance a clone (deep copy) of the specified Freezable using base (non-animated) property values. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | CloneCurrentValue | Creates a modifiable copy of this ScaleTransform object by making deep copies of its values. This method does not copy resource references, data bindings, or animations, although it does copy their current values. |
![]() | CloneCurrentValueCore | Makes the instance a modifiable clone (deep copy) of the specified Freezable using current property values. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | CoerceValue | Coerces the value of the specified dependency property. This is accomplished by invoking any CoerceValueCallback function specified in property metadata for the dependency property as it exists on the calling DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | CreateInstance | Initializes a new instance of the Freezable class. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | CreateInstanceCore | When implemented in a derived class, creates a new instance of the Freezable derived class. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | Equals | Determines whether a provided DependencyObject is equivalent to the current DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Freeze() | Makes the current object unmodifiable and sets its IsFrozen property to true. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | FreezeCore | Makes this Animatable object unmodifiable or determines whether it can be made unmodifiable. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | GetAnimationBaseValue | Returns the non-animated value of the specified DependencyProperty. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | GetAsFrozen | Creates a frozen copy of the Freezable, using base (non-animated) property values. Because the copy is frozen, any frozen sub-objects are copied by reference. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | GetAsFrozenCore | Makes the instance a frozen clone of the specified Freezable using base (non-animated) property values. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | GetCurrentValueAsFrozen | Creates a frozen copy of the Freezable using current property values. Because the copy is frozen, any frozen sub-objects are copied by reference. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | GetCurrentValueAsFrozenCore | Makes the current instance a frozen clone of the specified Freezable. If the object has animated dependency properties, their current animated values are copied. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Gets a hash code for this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | GetLocalValueEnumerator | Creates a specialized enumerator for determining which dependency properties have locally set values on this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetValue | Returns the current effective value of a dependency property on this instance of a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | InvalidateProperty | Re-evaluates the effective value for the specified dependency property (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | OnChanged | Called when the current Freezable object is modified. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | OnFreezablePropertyChanged(DependencyObject, DependencyObject) | Ensures that appropriate context pointers are established for a DependencyObjectType data member that has just been set. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | OnFreezablePropertyChanged(DependencyObject, DependencyObject, DependencyProperty) | This member supports the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | OnPropertyChanged | Overrides the DependencyObject implementation of OnPropertyChanged to also invoke any Changed handlers in response to a changing dependency property of type Freezable. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | ReadLocalValue | Returns the local value of a dependency property, if it exists. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ReadPreamble | Ensures that the Freezable is being accessed from a valid thread. Inheritors of Freezable must call this method at the beginning of any API that reads data members that are not dependency properties. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | SetCurrentValue | Sets the value of a dependency property without changing its value source. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | SetValue(DependencyProperty, Object) | Sets the local value of a dependency property, specified by its dependency property identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | SetValue(DependencyPropertyKey, Object) | Sets the local value of a read-only dependency property, specified by the DependencyPropertyKey identifier of the dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ShouldSerializeProperty | Returns a value that indicates whether serialization processes should serialize the value for the provided dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ToString() | Creates a string representation of this GeneralTransform. (Inherited from GeneralTransform.) |
![]() | ToString(IFormatProvider) | Creates a string representation of this instance, based on the passed IFormatProvider parameter. (Inherited from GeneralTransform.) |
![]() | Transform | Transforms the specified point and returns the result. (Inherited from GeneralTransform.) |
![]() | TransformBounds | Transforms the specified bounding box and returns an axis-aligned bounding box that is exactly large enough to contain it. (Inherited from Transform.) |
![]() | TryTransform | Attempts to transform the specified point and returns a value that indicates whether the transformation was successful. (Inherited from Transform.) |
![]() | VerifyAccess | Enforces that the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.) |
![]() | WritePostscript | Raises the Changed event for the Freezable and invokes its OnChanged method. Classes that derive from Freezable should call this method at the end of any API that modifies class members that are not stored as dependency properties. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | WritePreamble | Verifies that the Freezable is not frozen and that it is being accessed from a valid threading context. Freezable inheritors should call this method at the beginning of any API that writes to data members that are not dependency properties. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | CenterXProperty | Identifies the CenterX dependency property. |
![]() ![]() | CenterYProperty | Identifies the CenterY dependency property. |
![]() ![]() | ScaleXProperty | Identifies the ScaleX dependency property. |
![]() ![]() | ScaleYProperty | Identifies the ScaleY dependency property. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | IFormattable::ToString | Formats the value of the current instance using the specified format. (Inherited from GeneralTransform.) |
Use a ScaleTransform to stretch or shrink an object horizontally or vertically. The ScaleX property specifies by how much to stretch or shrink an object along the x-axis, and the ScaleY property specifies by how much to stretch or shrink an object along the y-axis. Scale operations are centered on the point specified by the CenterX and CenterY properties.
Freezable Features: Because it inherits from the Freezable class, the ScaleTransform class provides several special features: ScaleTransform objects can be declared as resources, shared among multiple objects, made read-only to improve performance, cloned, and made thread-safe. For more information about the different features provided by Freezable objects, see Freezable Objects Overview.
This example shows how to use a ScaleTransform to scale an element.
Use the ScaleX and ScaleY properties to resize the element by the factor you specify. For example, a ScaleX value of 1.5 stretches the element to 150 percent of its original width. A ScaleY value of 0.5 shrinks the height of an element by 50 percent.
Use the CenterX and CenterY properties to specify the point that is the center of the scale operation. By default, a ScaleTransform is centered at the point (0,0), which corresponds to the upper-left corner of the rectangle. This has the effect of moving the element and also of making it appear larger, because when you apply a Transform, you change the coordinate space in which the object resides.
The following example uses a ScaleTransform to double the size of a 50-by-50 Rectangle. The ScaleTransform has a value of 0 (the default) for both CenterX and CenterY.
<!-- Scales a rectangle by 200% from a center of (0,0).--> <Rectangle Height="50" Width="50" Fill="#CCCCCCFF" Stroke="Blue" StrokeThickness="2" Canvas.Left="100" Canvas.Top="100"> <Rectangle.RenderTransform> <ScaleTransform CenterX="0" CenterY="0" ScaleX="2" ScaleY="2" /> </Rectangle.RenderTransform> </Rectangle>
Typically, you set CenterX and CenterY to the center of the object that is scaled: (Width/2, Height/2).
The following example shows another Rectangle that is doubled in size; however, this ScaleTransform has a value of 25 for both CenterX and CenterY, which corresponds to the center of the rectangle.
<!-- Scales a rectangle by 200% from a center of (25,25).--> <Rectangle Height="50" Width="50" Fill="#CCCCCCFF" Canvas.Left="100" Canvas.Top="100" Stroke="Blue" StrokeThickness="2"> <Rectangle.RenderTransform> <ScaleTransform CenterX="25" CenterY="25" ScaleX="2" ScaleY="2" /> </Rectangle.RenderTransform> </Rectangle>
The following illustration shows the difference between the two ScaleTransform operations. The dotted line shows the size and position of the rectangle before scaling.

For the complete sample, see 2-D Transforms Sample.
More Code
| How to: Flip a UIElement Horizontally or Vertically | This example shows how to use a ScaleTransform to flip a UIElement horizontally or vertically. In this example, a Button control (a type of UIElement) is flipped by applying a ScaleTransform to its RenderTransform property. |
| How to: Animate the Size of a FrameworkElement | To animate the size of a FrameworkElement, you can either animate its Width and Height properties or use an animated ScaleTransform. |
| How to: Apply a Transform to an Element When an Event Occurs | This example shows how to apply a ScaleTransform when an event occurs. The concept that is shown here is the same that you use for applying other types of transformations. For more information about the available types of transformations, see the Transform class or Transforms Overview. |
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