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11/18/2011

RoutedEventArgs Class

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Contains state information and event data associated with a routed event.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.EventArgs
    System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs
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Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class RoutedEventArgs _
    Inherits EventArgs

public class RoutedEventArgs : EventArgs

The RoutedEventArgs type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	RoutedEventArgs	Initializes a new instance of the RoutedEventArgs class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	OriginalSource	Gets a reference to the object that raised the event.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	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.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This class is responsible for packaging the event data for a routed event, providing extra event state information, and is used by the event system for invoking the handler associated with the routed event.

The most relevant information carried in the event data is the OriginalSource, which reports the object that first raised the event. In the case of a bubbling routed event, this could be a different object in the element tree than the object where the handler being invoked is attached.

In WPF, there is a concept of a Source property that is separate from OriginalSource. This distinction is not present in Silverlight, because classes cannot adjust the reported source of a routed event in the Silverlight event system. (In WPF, control classes sometimes adjust the event source as part of their compositing logic.)

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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Inheritance Hierarchy

RoutedEventArgs Class

Inheritance Hierarchy

Syntax

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Remarks

Version Information

Silverlight

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Platforms

Thread Safety

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