In This Topic
The following tables list the members exposed by Element.
Public Constructors
Public Properties
| Name | Description |
 | AutoHeight | Gets or sets the System.Boolean value specifying whether element height is automatically determined by its style and contents. |
 | AutoSize | Gets the System.Boolean value specifying whether element size is automatically determined by its style and contents. |
 | AutoWidth | Gets or sets the System.Boolean value specifying whether element width is automatically determined by its style and contents. |
 | Bounds | Gets or sets the element's bounds (size and location) within its parent element, in pixels. |
 | Children | Gets a list of child elements. |
 | ContainsFocus | Gets a value that indicates whether this Element or one of its children has the focus. |
 | ContentBounds | Client rectangle, in pixels. This discounts margins, borders, and padding. |
 | Enabled | Gets or sets whether the element is enabled (can receive mouse and keyboard messages). |
 | Focusable | Gets or sets whether the element is focusable (receives keyboard messages). |
 | Focused | Gets a value that indicates whether this Element has the focus. |
 | ForceLineBreak | Gets a Element.LineBreak value that determines whether there should be line breaks before and/or after this Element when it occurs in a paragraph. |
 | HasChildren | Gets a value that indicates the element has a non-empty Children collection. |
 | Height | Element height. Set to -1 to let the element calculate it automatically. |
 | HitTestable | Gets or sets whether the element is hit-testable (receives mouse messages). |
 | HostControl | Gets the System.Windows.Forms.Control that is hosting this Element. |
 | HostView | Gets the IView that is hosting this Element. |
 | InheritedRtl | Gets or sets whether the value of RightToLeft property is inherited from the parent element. |
 | IsDirty | Gets a value that indicates this element needs to be laid out. |
 | IsEnabled | Gets whether this element and all its ancestors are enabled. |
 | IsFocusable | Gets whether this element can currently receive the focus. |
 | IsHot | Gets or sets whether the element should be displayed using the Style.Hot style. |
 | IsPressed | Gets or sets whether the element should be displayed using the Style.Pressed style. |
 | IsVisible | Gets whether this element and all its ancestors are visible. |
 | Left | Gets or sets the horizontal position of the element within its parent. |
 | LineDescent | Gets the portion of the element that renders below the baseline. Usually non-zero only for text elements, depends on font. |
 | Location | Gets or sets the location of the element within its parent. |
 | Parent | Gets the element's parent, or null if this is the root element. |
 | RenderStyle | Gets the element's style, or a default style if the element doesn't have one. This never returns null. |
 | RightToLeft | Gets or sets whether the element should be drawn using right-to-left layout. |
 | Root | Gets the element's top-level parent. |
 | ShowFocusRectangle | Gets or sets whether the element should display a focus rectangle when it has focus. |
 | Size | Gets or sets the size of the element. |
 | Style | Gets or sets the Style object used to render this Element. |
 | Top | Gets or sets the vertical position of the element within its parent. |
 | Validated | Gets or sets a value indicating if the contents was successfully validated. |
 | Visible | Gets or sets whether the element is visible. |
 | Width | Element width. Set to -1 to let the element calculate it automatically. |
Top
Public Methods
| Name | Description |
  | ApplicationHasFocus | |
 | Clone | Returns a clone of this element. |
  | FindMnemonic | Finds the Element that is represented by a given hot key. |
 | Focus | Sets the focus to the host control and to this Element within the host control. |
  | GetBitmapResource | Gets a System.Drawing.Bitmap from the application's embedded resources. |
 | GetBounds | Overloaded. Gets the element's bounds (size and location) within an arbitrary ancestor, in pixels. Ancestor element (parent, grand-parent, etc). A System.Drawing.Rectangle that corresponds to the element's position within the given ancestor. |
 | GetFlags | |
  | GetImageResource | Gets an System.Drawing.Image from the application's embedded resources. |
 | GetParent<T> | Navigates up the tree to find an ancestor of a given type. |
 | GetParentOfType | Navigates up the tree to find an ancestor of a given type. |
 | GetScrollOrigin | Returns the scroll origin (override to implement non-scrolling areas). |
 | HitTest | Returns the element at a given point. |
 | Invalidate | Overloaded. Invalidates this Element within the host control. |
 | IsChildOf | Determines whether this element is a child of another element. |
 | IsInputKey | Determines whether the specified key is a regular input key or a special key that requires preprocessing. |
 | Layout | Overloaded. Lays out this element based on its style and contents. |
 | Measure | Overloaded. Provides the size, in pixels, of the specified content drawn on the specified System.Drawing.Graphics surface. |
 | Offset | Adjusts the location of this element by the specified amount. |
 | OnClick | Called by the host control when the user clicks this Element. |
 | OnDoubleClick | Called by the host control when the user double-clicks this Element. |
 | OnGotFocus | Called by the host control when this Element receives the focus. |
 | OnKeyDown | Called by the host control when the user presses a key and this Element has the focus. |
 | OnKeyPress | Called by the host control when the user presses a character key and this Element has the focus. |
 | OnKeyUp | Called by the host control when the user releases a key and this Element has the focus. |
 | OnLostFocus | Called by the host control when this Element loses the focus. |
 | OnMouseDown | Called by the host control when the user presses a mouse button over this Element. |
 | OnMouseEnter | Called by the host control when the mouse enters this Element. |
 | OnMouseEnterHover | Called by the host control when the mouse enters this Element, even if another element has captured the mouse. |
 | OnMouseLeave | Called by the host control when the mouse leaves this Element. |
 | OnMouseLeaveHover | Called by the host control when the mouse leaves this Element, even if another element has captured the mouse. |
 | OnMouseLostCapture | Called by the host control when the user releases the left mouse button over a disabled Element. |
 | OnMouseMove | Called by the host control when the mouse moves over this Element. |
 | OnMouseUp | Called by the host control when the user releases a mouse button over this Element. |
 | OnMouseWheel | Handles MouseWheel events. |
 | OnValidated | Called by the host control after the element has been validated. |
 | OnValidating | Called by the host control when the element is about to lose focus. |
 | PointToClient | Computes the location of the specified screen point into client coordinates. |
 | PointToScreen | Computes the location of the specified client point into screen coordinates. |
 | Render | Renders the element into a given rectangle. |
 | RenderChildren | Renders the child elements into a given rectangle. |
 | RenderContent | Render this element's content (no children). |
 | SetDirty | Overloaded. Marks this element as dirty, forcing all parent and child elements to be laid out. |
 | SetFlags | Overloaded. |
  | ThreadHasFocus | |
Top
See Also