Paragraph Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Provides a block-level content element that is used to group content into a paragraph.
System::Object
System.Windows::DependencyObject
System.Windows.Documents::TextElement
System.Windows.Documents::Block
System.Windows.Documents::Paragraph
System.Windows::DependencyObject
System.Windows.Documents::TextElement
System.Windows.Documents::Block
System.Windows.Documents::Paragraph
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
The Paragraph type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CharacterSpacing | Gets or sets the distance between characters of text in the control measured in 1000ths of the font size. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| ContentEnd | Gets a TextPointer that represents the end of the content in the element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| ContentStart | Gets a TextPointer that represents the start of content in the element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| Dispatcher | Gets the Dispatcher this object is associated with. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| ElementEnd | Gets a TextPointer that represents the position just after the end of the element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| ElementStart | Gets a TextPointer that represents the position just before the start of the element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| FontFamily | Gets or sets the preferred top-level font family for the content of the element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| FontSize | Gets or sets the font size for the content of the element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| FontStretch | Gets or sets the glyph width of the font in a family to select. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| FontStyle | Gets or sets the font style for the content in this element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| FontWeight | Gets or sets the top-level font weight to select from the font family for the content in this element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| Foreground | Gets or sets the Brush to apply to the content in this element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| Inlines | Gets an InlineCollection containing the top-level Inline elements that include the contents of the Paragraph. |
| Language | Gets or sets the language of the content within an TextElement element. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| LineHeight | Gets or sets the height of each line of content. (Inherited from Block.) |
| LineStackingStrategy | Gets or sets a value that indicates how a line box is determined for each line of text in a Block. (Inherited from Block.) |
| Name | Gets or sets a unique identification for the object. Name can only be set from initial parsing of XAML. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| TextAlignment | Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the text content. (Inherited from Block.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CheckAccess | Determines whether the calling thread has access to this object. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| ClearValue | Clears the local value of a dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| FindName | Gets an object in the Windows Phone object model by referencing the object's x:Name or Name attribute value. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| GetAnimationBaseValue | Returns any base value established for a Windows Phone dependency property, which would apply in cases where an animation is not active. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetValue | Returns the current effective value of a dependency property from a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| OnCreateAutomationPeer | Returns a class-specific AutomationPeer implementation for use by the Windows Phone automation infrastructure. (Inherited from TextElement.) |
| ReadLocalValue | Returns the local value of a dependency property, if a local value is set. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| SetValue | Sets the local value of a dependency property on a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
A Paragraph element is used to group content into a paragraph. The simplest use of Paragraph is to create a paragraph of text in a RichTextBox.
In addition to plain text, a Paragraph element can host other Inline elements. The following are the valid child elements:
Mixed Content in XAML
The Paragraph element supports a content model that allows you to mix text and Inline elements in its XAML content. An implicit Run element is created for each block of text. Then, both the Run and Inline elements are added to the Paragraph::Inlines collection. Mixed content is not permitted in most other XAML content models. However, you can use mixed content in Paragraph, Span, and TextBlock.
The following example shows how to create a RichTextBox with a paragraph and some bold text in XAML and code.
<!--A RichTextBox with intial content in it.--> <RichTextBox VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"> <Paragraph> A RichTextBox with <Bold>initial content</Bold> in it. </Paragraph> </RichTextBox>
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