XPathNavigator.MoveToFirst Method

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Moves the XPathNavigator to the first sibling node of the current node.

Namespace:  System.Xml.XPath
Assembly:  System.Xml.XPath (in System.Xml.XPath.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function MoveToFirst As Boolean
public virtual bool MoveToFirst()

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
Returns true if the XPathNavigator is successful moving to the first sibling node of the current node; false if there is no first sibling, or if the XPathNavigator is currently positioned on an attribute node. If the XPathNavigator is already positioned on the first sibling, XPathNavigator will return true and will not move its position.
If MoveToFirst returns false because there is no first sibling, or if XPathNavigator is currently positioned on an attribute, the position of the XPathNavigator is unchanged.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

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