Block Class
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An abstract class that provides a base for all block-level content elements.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Windows.DependencyObject
System.Windows.Documents.TextElement
System.Windows.Documents.Block
System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph
System.Windows.Documents.Section
Namespace: System.Windows.Documents
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class Block _
Inherits TextElement
public abstract class Block : TextElement
The Block type exposes the following members.
Properties
Name | Description | |
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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.) | |
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. | |
LineStackingStrategy | Gets or sets a value that indicates how a line box is determined for each line of text in a 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. |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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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 Silverlight object model by referencing the object's x:Name or Name attribute value. (Inherited from TextElement.) | |
GetAnimationBaseValue | Returns any base value established for a Silverlight 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 Silverlight 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.) |
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Fields
Name | Description | |
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LineHeightProperty | Identifies the LineHeight dependency property. | |
LineStackingStrategyProperty | Identifies the LineStackingStrategy dependency property. | |
TextAlignmentProperty | Identifies the TextAlignment dependency property. |
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Remarks
Elements that inherit from the Block class (such as Paragraph) can be used to group elements under a common parent or to apply common attributes to a group. Conceptually, Block is similar to a <DIV> tag in HTML.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1
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.