{x:Null} markup extension

In XAML markup, specifies a null value for a property.

XAML attribute usage

<object property="{x:Null}" .../>

Remarks

null is the null reference keyword for C# and C++. The Microsoft Visual Basic keyword for a null reference is Nothing.

The initial default value can vary between dependency properties, and it is not necessarily null. Further, many dependency properties will not accept null as a value (whether through markup or code) due to their internal implementation. In such cases, setting a XAML attribute value with {x:Null} can result in a parser exception.

Some Windows Runtime types are nullable. In cases where a nullable type does not already have null as the default, you could use {x:Null} in XAML to set to the null value. If using Visual C++ component extensions (C++/CX), nullable types are represented as Platform::IBox<T>. If using Microsoft .NET languages, nullable types are represented as Nullable<T>.

Related topics

• Nullable<T>
• IReference<T>