WebView Class

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls

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Provides a control that hosts HTML content in an app.

public ref class WebView sealed : FrameworkElement

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.IWebViewFactory4, 65536, Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract)]
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/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class WebView final : FrameworkElement

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/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
class WebView final : FrameworkElement

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[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class WebView : FrameworkElement

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[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
public sealed class WebView : FrameworkElement

Public NotInheritable Class WebView
Inherits FrameworkElement

<WebView .../>

Inheritance: Object Platform::Object IInspectable DependencyObject UIElement FrameworkElement WebView

Attributes: ActivatableAttribute ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

Tip

For more info, design guidance, and code examples, see Web view.

If you have the WinUI 2 Gallery app installed, click here to open the app and see the WebView in action.

The following code example demonstrates how to navigate a WebView to a URI contained in a TextBox named Address.

try
{
    Uri targetUri = new Uri(Address.Text);
    webViewA.Navigate(targetUri);
}
catch (FormatException ex)
{
    // Bad address.
}

The following code example demonstrates how to load local HTML into a WebView control.

webViewB.NavigateToString(
    "<html><body><h2>This is an HTML fragment</h2></body></html>");

Remarks

Use the WebView control to host web content in your app. Apps for Surface Hub or Xbox must use this WebView.

Important

For desktop apps, we recommend that you use the WebView2 control, which is available as part of the Windows UI Library 2 for UWP (WinUI 2). WebView2 uses Microsoft Edge (Chromium) as the rendering engine to display web content in apps. For more info, see Introduction to Microsoft Edge WebView2, Get started with WebView2 in WinUI 2 (UWP) apps, and WebView2 in the WinUI API reference.

Important

XAML Islands: This control is not supported in XAML Islands apps. For alternatives, see XAML Islands - Web view controls.

WebView is not a Control subclass and thus does not have a control template. You can set various properties to control some visual aspects of the WebView. The display area is constrained by the Width and Height properties. To translate, scale, skew, and rotate a WebView, use the RenderTransform property. To control the opacity of the WebView, set the Opacity property. To specify a color to use as the web page background when the HTML content does not specify a color, set the DefaultBackgroundColor property.

You can get the title of the HTML document currently displayed in the WebView by using the DocumentTitle property.

Although WebView is not a Control subclass, it will receive keyboard input focus and participate in the tab sequence. It provides a Focus method, and GotFocus and LostFocus events, but it has no tab-related properties. Its position in the tab sequence is the same as its position in the XAML document order. The tab sequence includes all elements in the WebView content that can receive input focus.

As indicated in the Events table, WebView doesn't support most of the user input events inherited from UIElement, such as KeyDown, KeyUp, and PointerPressed. A common workaround is to use InvokeScriptAsync with the JavaScript eval function to use the HTML event handlers, and to use window.external.notify from the HTML event handler to notify the application using WebView.ScriptNotify.

In apps compiled for Windows 10, WebView uses the Microsoft Edge rendering engine to display HTML content. In apps compiled for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, WebView uses Internet Explorer 11 in document mode. It does not support any Microsoft ActiveX controls or plugins like Microsoft Silverlight or Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Navigating to content

WebView provides several API for basic navigation: GoBack, GoForward, Stop, Refresh, CanGoBack, and CanGoForward. You can use these to add typical web browsing capabilities to your app.

To set the initial content of the WebView, set the Source property in XAML. The XAML parser automatically converts the string to a Uri.

<!-- Source file is on the web. -->
<WebView x:Name="webViewA" Source="http://www.contoso.com"/>

<!-- Source file is in local storage. -->
<WebView x:Name="webViewB" Source="ms-appdata:///local/intro/welcome.html"/>

<!-- Source file is in the app package. -->
<WebView x:Name="webViewC" Source="ms-appx-web:///help/about.html"/>

The Source property can be set in code, but rather than doing so, you typically use one of the Navigate methods to load content in code.

To load web content, use the Navigate method with a Uri that uses the http or https scheme.

webViewA.Navigate(new Uri("http://www.contoso.com"));

To navigate to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) with a POST request and HTTP headers, use the NavigateWithHttpRequestMessage method. This method supports only HttpMethod.Post and HttpMethod.Get for the HttpRequestMessage.Method property value.

To load uncompressed and unencrypted content from your app's LocalFolder or TemporaryFolder data stores, use the Navigate method with a Uri that uses the ms-appdata scheme. The WebView support for this scheme requires you to place your content in a subfolder under the local or temporary folder. This enables navigation to Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) such as ms-appdata:///local/folder/file.html and ms-appdata:///temp/folder/file.html. (To load compressed or encrypted files, see NavigateToLocalStreamUri.)

Each of these first-level subfolders is isolated from the content in other first-level subfolders. For example, you can navigate to ms-appdata:///temp/folder1/file.html, but you can't have a link in this file to ms-appdata:///temp/folder2/file.html. However, you can still link to HTML content in the app package using the ms-appx-web scheme, and to web content using the http and https Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes.

webViewA.Navigate(new Uri("ms-appdata:///local/intro/welcome.html"));

To load content from the your app package, use the Navigate method with a Uri that uses the ms-appx-web scheme.

webViewA.Navigate(new Uri("ms-appx-web:///help/about.html"));

You can load local content through a custom resolver using the NavigateToLocalStreamUri method. This enables advanced scenarios such as downloading and caching web-based content for offline use, or extracting content from a compressed file.

WebView provides several events that you can use to respond to navigation and content loading states. The events occur in the following order for the root WebView content:

NavigationStarting- Occurs before the WebView navigates to new content. You can cancel navigation in a handler for this event by setting the WebViewNavigationStartingEventArgs.Cancel property to true.

webViewA.NavigationStarting += webViewA_NavigationStarting;

private void webViewA_NavigationStarting(object sender, WebViewNavigationStartingEventArgs args)
{
    // Cancel navigation if URL is not allowed. (Implemetation of IsAllowedUri not shown.)
    if (!IsAllowedUri(args.Uri))
        args.Cancel = true;
}

ContentLoading - Occurs when the WebView has started loading new content.

webViewA.ContentLoading += webViewA_ContentLoading;

private void webViewA_ContentLoading(WebView sender, WebViewContentLoadingEventArgs args)
{
    // Show status.
    if (args.Uri != null)
    {
        statusTextBlock.Text = "Loading content for " + args.Uri.ToString();
    }
}

DOMContentLoaded - Occurs when the WebView has finished parsing the current HTML content.

webViewA.DOMContentLoaded += webViewA_DOMContentLoaded;

private void webViewA_DOMContentLoaded(WebView sender, WebViewDOMContentLoadedEventArgs args)
{
    // Show status.
    if (args.Uri != null)
    {
        statusTextBlock.Text = "Content for " + args.Uri.ToString() + " has finished loading";
    }
}

NavigationCompleted - Occurs when the WebView has finished loading the current content or if navigation has failed. To determine whether navigation has failed, check the IsSuccess and WebErrorStatus properties of the WebViewNavigationCompletedEventArgs class.

webViewA.NavigationCompleted += webViewA_NavigationCompleted;

private void webViewA_NavigationCompleted(WebView sender, WebViewNavigationCompletedEventArgs args)
{
    if (args.IsSuccess == true)
    {
        statusTextBlock.Text = "Navigation to " + args.Uri.ToString() + " completed successfully.";
    }
    else
    {
        statusTextBlock.Text = "Navigation to: " + args.Uri.ToString() +
                               " failed with error " + args.WebErrorStatus.ToString();
    }
}

Similar events occur in the same order for each iframe in the WebView content:

FrameNavigationStarting - Occurs before a frame in the WebView navigates to new content.
FrameContentLoading - Occurs when a frame in the WebView has started loading new content.
FrameDOMContentLoaded - Occurs when a frame in the WebView has finished parsing its current HTML content.
FrameNavigationCompleted - Occurs when a frame in the WebView has finished loading its content.

Responding to potential problems

You can respond to potential problems with the content such as long running scripts, content that WebView can't load, and warnings of unsafe content.

Your app might appear unresponsive while scripts are running. The LongRunningScriptDetected event occurs periodically while the WebView executes JavaScript and provides an opportunity to interrupt the script. To determine how long the script has been running, check the ExecutionTime property of the WebViewLongRunningScriptDetectedEventArgs. To halt the script, set the event args StopPageScriptExecution property to true. The halted script will not execute again unless it is reloaded during a subsequent WebView navigation.

The WebView control cannot host arbitrary file types. When an attempt is made to load content that the WebView can't host, the UnviewableContentIdentified event occurs. You can handle this event and notify the user, or use the Launcher class to redirect the file to an external browser or another app.

Similarly, the UnsupportedUriSchemeIdentified event occurs when a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme that's not supported is invoked in the web content, such as fbconnect:// or mailto://. You can handle this event to provide custom behavior instead of allowing the default system launcher to launch the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

The UnsafeContentWarningDisplaying event occurs when the WebView shows a warning page for content that was reported as unsafe by the SmartScreen Filter. If the user chooses to continue the navigation, subsequent navigation to the page will not display the warning nor fire the event.

Handling special cases for WebView content

You can use the ContainsFullScreenElement property and ContainsFullScreenElementChanged event to detect, respond to, and enable full-screen experiences in web content, such as full-screen video playback. For example, you may use the ContainsFullScreenElementChanged event to resize the WebView to occupy the entirety of your app view, or, as the following example illustrates, put a windowed app in full screen mode when a full screen web experience is desired.

// Assume webView is defined in XAML
webView.ContainsFullScreenElementChanged += webView_ContainsFullScreenElementChanged;

private void webView_ContainsFullScreenElementChanged(WebView sender, object args)
{
    var applicationView = ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView();

    if (sender.ContainsFullScreenElement)
    {
        applicationView.TryEnterFullScreenMode();
    }
    else if (applicationView.IsFullScreenMode)
    {
        applicationView.ExitFullScreenMode();
    }
}

You can use the NewWindowRequested event to handle cases where hosted web content requests a new window to be displayed, such as a popup window. You can use another WebView control to display the contents of the requested window.

Use PermissionRequested event to enable web features that require special capabilities. These currently include geolocation, IndexedDB storage, and user audio and video (for example, from a microphone or webcam). If your app accesses user location or user media, you still are required to declare this capability in the app manifest. For example, an app that uses geolocation needs the following capability declarations at minimum in Package.appxmanifest:

<Capabilities>
  <Capability Name="internetClient"/>
  <DeviceCapability Name="location"/>
</Capabilities>

In addition to the app handling the PermissionRequested event, the user will have to approve standard system dialogs for apps requesting location or media capabilities in order for these features to be enabled.

Here is an example of how an app would enable geolocation in a map from Bing:

// Assume webView is defined in XAML
webView.PermissionRequested += webView_PermissionRequested;

private void webView_PermissionRequested(WebView sender, WebViewPermissionRequestedEventArgs args)
{
    if (args.PermissionRequest.PermissionType == WebViewPermissionType.Geolocation &&
        args.PermissionRequest.Uri.Host == "www.bing.com")
    {
        args.PermissionRequest.Allow();
    }
}

If your app requires user input or other asynchronous operations to respond to a permission request, use the Defer method of WebViewPermissionRequest to create a WebViewDeferredPermissionRequest that can be acted upon at a later time. See WebViewPermissionRequest.Defer.

If users must securely log out of a website hosted in WebView, or in other cases when security is important, call the static method ClearTemporaryWebDataAsync to clear out all locally cached content from a WebView session. This prevents malicious users from accessing sensitive data.

Interacting with WebView content

You can interact with the content of the WebView by using the InvokeScriptAsync method to invoke or inject script into the WebView content, and the ScriptNotify event to get information back from the WebView content.

To invoke JavaScript inside the WebView content, use the InvokeScriptAsync method. The invoked script can return only string values.

For example, if the content of a WebView named webViewA contains a function named setDate that takes 3 parameters, you can invoke it like this.

string[] args = {"January", "1", "2000"};
string returnValue = await webViewA.InvokeScriptAsync("setDate", args);

You can use InvokeScriptAsync with the JavaScript eval function to inject content into the web page.

Here, the text of a XAML TextBox (nameTextBox.Text) is written to a div in an HTML page hosted in webViewA.

private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    string functionString = String.Format("document.getElementById('nameDiv').innerText = 'Hello, {0}';", nameTextBox.Text);
    await webViewA.InvokeScriptAsync("eval", new string[] { functionString });
}

Scripts in the WebView content can use window.external.notify with a string parameter to send information back to your app. To receive these messages, handle the ScriptNotify event.

To enable an external web page to fire the ScriptNotify event when calling window.external.notify, you must include the page's Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) in the ApplicationContentUriRules section of the app manifest. (You can do this in Microsoft Visual Studio on the Content URIs tab of the Package.appxmanifest designer.) The URIs in this list must use HTTPS, and may contain subdomain wildcards (for example, https://.microsoft.com) but they cannot contain domain wildcards (for example, https://.com and https://.). The manifest requirement does not apply to content that originates from the app package, uses an ms-local-stream:// URI, or is loaded using NavigateToString.

Accessing the Windows Runtime in WebView

Starting in Windows 10, you can use the AddWebAllowedObject method to inject an instance of a native class from a Windows Runtime component into the JavaScript context of the WebView. This allows full access to the native methods, properties, and events of that object in the JavaScript content of that WebView. The class must be decorated with the AllowForWeb attribute.

For example, this code injects an instance of MyClass imported from a Windows Runtime component into WebView.

private void webView_NavigationStarting(WebView sender, WebViewNavigationStartingEventArgs args)
{
    if (args.Uri.Host == "www.contoso.com")
    {
        webView.AddWebAllowedObject("nativeObject", new MyClass());
    }
}

For more info, see WebView.AddWebAllowedObject.

In addition, trusted JavaScript content in WebView can be allowed to directly access Windows RuntimeAPI. This provides powerful native capabilities for web apps hosted in WebView. To enable this feature, the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for trusted content must be added to the allowlist in the ApplicationContentUriRules of the app in Package.appxmanifest, with WindowsRuntimeAccess specifically set to "all".

This example shows a section of the app manifest. Here, a local Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is given access to the Windows Runtime.

<Applications>
  <Application Id="App"
    ...

    <uap:ApplicationContentUriRules>
      <uap:Rule Match="ms-appx-web:///Web/App.html" WindowsRuntimeAccess="all" Type="include"/>
    </uap:ApplicationContentUriRules>
  </Application>
</Applications>

Options for web content hosting

Starting in Windows 10, you can use the WebView.Settings property (of type WebViewSettings) to control whether JavaScript and IndexedDB are enabled. For example, if you use WebView to display strictly static content, you might want to disable JavaScript for best performance.

Capturing WebView content

To enable sharing WebView content with other apps, use the CaptureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync method, which returns the selected content as a DataPackage. This method is asynchronous, so you must use a deferral to prevent your DataRequested event handler from returning before the asynchronous call is complete.

To get a preview image of the WebView's current content, use the CapturePreviewToStreamAsync method. This method creates an image of the current content and writes it to the specified stream.

Execution modes

By default, WebView content is hosted on the UI thread on devices in the desktop device family, and off the UI thread on all other devices. You can use the WebView.DefaultExecutionMode static property to query the default threading behavior for the current client. If necessary, you can use the WebView(WebViewExecutionMode) constructor to override this behavior.

The supported WebViewExecutionMode values are:

SameThread - The WebView content is hosted on the UI Thread.
SeparateThread - The WebView content is hosted on a separate thread off the UI thread.
SeparateProcess - (Windows 10, version 1803 or later) The WebView content is hosted on a separate process off the app process. All of an app's WebView instances share the same separate process, there is not a separate process per WebView instance.

When running in a separate process, WebView exibits two behavior differences:

The WebView process could terminate. You can be notified of this by listening to the SeparateProcessLost event.
The WebView process could asynchronously reject keyboard focus. In this case, the WebView.Focus method returns true, and then immediately (but asynchronously), focus moves away from the WebView. (Other ways of moving focus behave similarly, such as FocusManager.TryMoveFocus.) You can track this more explicitly by using the FocusManager.TryFocusAsync or FocusManager.TryMoveFocusAsync APIs.

This example demonstrates how to create a WebView control that runs in a separate process from the host app, and will be re-created if the separate process is lost.

<Grid>
    <Border x:Name="WebViewBorder" Loaded="WebViewBorder_Loaded" />
</Grid>

    ...

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        this.InitializeComponent();

        var webView = new WebView(WebViewExecutionMode.SeparateProcess);
        WebViewBorder.Child = webView;;

        InitializeWebView(webView);
    }

    void InitializeWebView(WebView webView)
    {
        webView.Source = this.WebViewSourceUri;

        webView.SeparateProcessLost += (sender, e) =>
        {
            var newWebView = new WebView(WebViewExecutionMode.SeparateProcess);
            InitializeWebView(newWebView);
            WebViewBorder.Child = newWebView;
        };
    }
}

Note

There might be performance issues when hosting content on the UI thread on mobile devices, so be sure to test on all target devices when you change DefaultExecutionMode.

A WebView that hosts content off the UI thread is not compatible with parent controls that require gestures to propagate up from the WebView control to the parent, such as FlipView, ScrollViewer, and other related controls. These controls will not be able to receive gestures initiated in the off-thread WebView. In addition, printing off-thread web content is not directly supported – you should print an element with WebViewBrush fill instead.

Focus behavior for WebView in a separate process

Whether running in the app process or a separate process, you can set focus on a WebView by calling the WebView.Focus method. This is equivalent to the Control.Focus and Hyperlink.Focus methods (note that WebView does not derive from Control).

Similarly, several methods on the FocusManager class can affect a WebView (or Control or Hyperlink): TryMoveFocus, FindNextFocusableElement, FindLastFocusableElement, and GetFocusedElement. For example, TryMoveFocus moves focus to a WebView, and GetFocusedElement returns a WebView that has focus.

Finally, moving focus to or from a WebView raises focus events, both on the WebView itself and on the element that loses or receives focus. The events are LosingFocus, LostFocus, GettingFocus, and GotFocus. For example, when focus moves from a Control to a WebView, the Control will raise LosingFocus and LostFocus events, and the WebView will raise GettingFocus and GotFocus events.

When a WebView is running in a separate process, the behavior of these APIs changes slightly. Assuming the WebView is focusable, the WebView.Focus method will return true (success), but focus has not actually moved yet. The same is true if rather than the WebView.Focus method, FocusManager.TryMoveFocus is called and it identifies a WebView as the next focusable element.

The differences in behavior are:

FocusManager.GetFocusedElement does not return the WebView unless/until the asynchronous operation completes.
The control that is losing focus will receive its LosingFocus event synchronously; however, it will not receive LostFocus unless/until the asynchronous operation completes.
Similarly, the GettingFocus event will occur on the WebView synchronously; however, the GotFocus event won't be raised unless/until the asynchronous operation completes.

None of this changes if you call FocusManager.TryFocusAsync instead. However, the async method gives you an opportunity to determine if the focus change succeeded.

Calling FocusManager.TryMoveFocusAsync on an element other than a WebView in a separate process will complete synchronously.

This example demonstrates how to move focus to the next logical element, but if that fails, restore focus to its initial location.

async void MoveFocus(WebView webView))
{
    FocusMovementResult result;
    result = await FocusManager.TryFocusAsync(webView, FocusState.Programmatic);
    if (!result.Succeeded)
    {
        // Reset focus to the starting position
        this.Focus(FocusState.Programmatic);
    }
}

Use of Alert

If a web page hosted in a WebView uses the JavaScript Alert function, it will not be displayed. This is by design for all versions of WebView.

You might be able to intercept the information displayed by an Alert and do what you want with it in the host application. Whether this is possible depends on how the page is written and whether you have control of it. A sample is available that demonstrates one possible technique to do this. The sample is written for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, but will also work for apps using the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). However, this might not work for every scenario.

How to intercept JavaScript alert in WebView in Universal Windows apps sample

Notes for previous versions

Windows 8.1

The following WebView APIs are deprecated in Windows 8.1:

LoadCompleted and NavigationFailed. Use NavigationCompleted instead.
InvokeScript. Use InvokeScriptAsync instead.
DataTransferPackage and DataTransferPackageProperty. Use CaptureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync instead.
AllowedScriptNotifyUris, AnyScriptNotifyUri, and AllowedScriptNotifyUrisProperty. Include the page's URI in the ApplicationContentUriRules section of the app manifest instead.

On Windows only, you can handle the UnsafeContentWarningDisplaying event. This event occurs when the WebView shows a warning page for content that was reported as unsafe by the SmartScreen Filter. If the user chooses to continue the navigation, subsequent navigation to the page will not display the warning nor fire the event. This event is not implemented for Windows Phone.

When you invoke JavaScript inside the WebView by calling the InvokeScriptAsync method, functions that require a secondary window, like Alert, are not supported.

Windows Phone 8

WebView on Windows Phone 8.1 is not compatible with parent controls that require gestures to propagate up from the WebView control to the parent, such as FlipView, ScrollViewer class, and other related controls.
WebView on Windows Phone 8.1 includes the ContainsFullScreenElement property and ContainsFullScreenElementChanged event. These members are not available on Windows.

The UnsafeContentWarningDisplaying event is not implemented for Windows Phone prior to Windows 10.

Windows 8

These remarks apply only to apps compiled for Windows 8, even when running on Windows 8.1 or later.

In Windows 8,WebView has the characteristic that other UI regions such as controls cannot be rendered on top of the WebView. This "airspace problem" is because of how window regions are handled internally, particularly how input events are processed and how the screen draws. If you want to render HTML content and also place other UI elements on top of that HTML content, you should use WebViewBrush as the render area. The WebView still provides the HTML source information, and you reference that WebView through the SourceName property. WebViewBrush does not have this overlay limitation.

If you want to display an interactive WebView that only occasionally has overlapping content (such as a drop-down list or app bar), you can temporarily hide the WebView control when necessary, replacing it with an element using a WebViewBrush fill. Then, when the overlapping content is no longer present, you can display the original WebView again.

Note

The "airspace problem" has been fixed starting with Windows 8.1 and does not apply for apps targeting Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

WebView always uses Internet Explorer 10 in document mode.

Version history

Windows version	SDK version	Value added
1607	14393	XYFocusDown
1607	14393	XYFocusLeft
1607	14393	XYFocusRight
1607	14393	XYFocusUp
1803	17134	SeparateProcessLost
1809	17763	WebResourceRequested

Constructors

WebView()	Initializes a new instance of the WebView class.
WebView(WebViewExecutionMode)	Initializes a new instance of the WebView class with the specified execution mode.

Properties

AccessKey	Gets or sets the access key (mnemonic) for this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
AccessKeyScopeOwner	Gets or sets a source element that provides the access key scope for this element, even if it's not in the visual tree of the source element. (Inherited from UIElement)
ActualHeight	Gets the rendered height of a FrameworkElement. See Remarks. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
ActualOffset	Gets the position of this UIElement, relative to its parent, computed during the arrange pass of the layout process. (Inherited from UIElement)
ActualSize	Gets the size that this UIElement computed during the arrange pass of the layout process. (Inherited from UIElement)
ActualTheme	Gets the UI theme that is currently used by the element, which might be different than the RequestedTheme. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
ActualWidth	Gets the rendered width of a FrameworkElement. See Remarks. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value that determines whether this UIElement can be a drop target for purposes of drag-and-drop operations. (Inherited from UIElement)
AllowedScriptNotifyUris	Note AllowedScriptNotifyUris is not supported in apps compiled for Windows 8.1. Instead, update the ApplicationContentUriRules section of the app manifest. For more info, see the Remarks section. Gets or sets a safe list of URIs that are permitted to fire ScriptNotify events to this WebView.
AllowedScriptNotifyUrisProperty	Note AllowedScriptNotifyUrisProperty is not supported in apps compiled for Windows 8.1. Instead, update the ApplicationContentUriRules section of the app manifest. For more info, see the Remarks section. Identifies the AllowedScriptNotifyUris dependency property.
AllowFocusOnInteraction	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element automatically gets focus when the user interacts with it. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
AllowFocusWhenDisabled	Gets or sets whether a disabled control can receive focus. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
AnyScriptNotifyUri	Note AnyScriptNotifyUri is not supported in apps compiled for Windows 8.1. Instead, update the ApplicationContentUriRules section of the app manifest. For more info, see the Remarks section. Gets a value that you can use to set the AllowedScriptNotifyUris property to indicate that any page can fire ScriptNotify events to this WebView.
BaseUri	Gets a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that represents the base Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for an XAML-constructed object at XAML load time. This property is useful for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) resolution at run time. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
CacheMode	Gets or sets a value that indicates that rendered content should be cached as a composited bitmap when possible. (Inherited from UIElement)
CanBeScrollAnchor	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the UIElement can be a candidate for scroll anchoring. (Inherited from UIElement)
CanDrag	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element can be dragged as data in a drag-and-drop operation. (Inherited from UIElement)
CanGoBack	Gets a value that indicates whether there is at least one page in the backward navigation history.
CanGoBackProperty	Identifies the CanGoBack dependency property.
CanGoForward	Gets a value that indicates whether there is at least one page in the forward navigation history.
CanGoForwardProperty	Identifies the CanGoForward dependency property.
CenterPoint	Gets or sets the center point of the element, which is the point about which rotation or scaling occurs. Affects the rendering position of the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
Clip	Gets or sets the RectangleGeometry used to define the outline of the contents of a UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
CompositeMode	Gets or sets a property that declares alternate composition and blending modes for the element in its parent layout and window. This is relevant for elements that are involved in a mixed XAML / Microsoft DirectX UI. (Inherited from UIElement)
ContainsFullScreenElement	Gets a value that indicates whether the WebView contains an element that supports full screen.
ContainsFullScreenElementProperty	Identifies the ContainsFullScreenElement dependency property.
ContextFlyout	Gets or sets the flyout associated with this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
DataContext	Gets or sets the data context for a FrameworkElement. A common use of a data context is when a FrameworkElement uses the {Binding} markup extension and participates in data binding. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
DataTransferPackage	Note DataTransferPackage may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use CaptureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync. Gets a clipboard DataPackage as passed to the WebView.
DataTransferPackageProperty	Note DataTransferPackageProperty may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use CaptureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync. Identifies the DataTransferPackage dependency property.
DefaultBackgroundColor	Gets or sets the color to use as the WebView background when the HTML content does not specify a color.
DefaultBackgroundColorProperty	Identifies the DefaultBackgroundColor dependency property.
DefaultExecutionMode	Gets the default threading behavior of WebView instances in the current app.
DeferredPermissionRequests	Gets a collection of permission requests that are waiting to be granted or denied.
DesiredSize	Gets the size that this UIElement computed during the measure pass of the layout process. (Inherited from UIElement)
Dispatcher	Gets the CoreDispatcher that this object is associated with. The CoreDispatcher represents a facility that can access the DependencyObject on the UI thread even if the code is initiated by a non-UI thread. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
DocumentTitle	Gets the title of the page currently displayed in the WebView.
DocumentTitleProperty	Identifies the DocumentTitle dependency property.
ExecutionMode	Gets a value that indicates whether the WebView hosts content on the UI thread or a non-UI thread.
ExitDisplayModeOnAccessKeyInvoked	Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the access key display is dismissed when an access key is invoked. (Inherited from UIElement)
FlowDirection	Gets or sets the direction in which text and other UI elements flow within any parent element that controls their layout. This property can be set to either LeftToRight or RightToLeft. Setting FlowDirection to RightToLeft on any element sets the alignment to the right, the reading order to right-to-left and the layout of the control to flow from right to left. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FocusVisualMargin	Gets or sets the outer margin of the focus visual for a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FocusVisualPrimaryBrush	Gets or sets the brush used to draw the outer border of a `HighVisibility` or `Reveal` focus visual for a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FocusVisualPrimaryThickness	Gets or sets the thickness of the outer border of a `HighVisibility` or `Reveal` focus visual for a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FocusVisualSecondaryBrush	Gets or sets the brush used to draw the inner border of a `HighVisibility` or `Reveal` focus visual for a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FocusVisualSecondaryThickness	Gets or sets the thickness of the inner border of a `HighVisibility` or `Reveal` focus visual for a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Height	Gets or sets the suggested height of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
HighContrastAdjustment	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the framework automatically adjusts the element's visual properties when high contrast themes are enabled. (Inherited from UIElement)
HorizontalAlignment	Gets or sets the horizontal alignment characteristics that are applied to a FrameworkElement when it is composed in a layout parent, such as a panel or items control. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
IsAccessKeyScope	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether an element defines its own access key scope. (Inherited from UIElement)
IsDoubleTapEnabled	Gets or sets a value that determines whether the DoubleTapped event can originate from that element. (Inherited from UIElement)
IsHitTestVisible	Gets or sets whether the contained area of this UIElement can return true values for hit testing. (Inherited from UIElement)
IsHoldingEnabled	Gets or sets a value that determines whether the Holding event can originate from that element. (Inherited from UIElement)
IsLoaded	Gets a value that indicates whether the element has been added to the element tree and is ready for interaction. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
IsRightTapEnabled	Gets or sets a value that determines whether the RightTapped event can originate from that element. (Inherited from UIElement)
IsTapEnabled	Gets or sets a value that determines whether the Tapped event can originate from that element. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementMode	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the control tooltip displays the key combination for its associated keyboard accelerator. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyboardAcceleratorPlacementTarget	Gets or sets a value that indicates the control tooltip that displays the accelerator key combination. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyboardAccelerators	Gets the collection of key combinations that invoke an action using the keyboard. Accelerators are typically assigned to buttons or menu items. Example of a menu showing keyboard accelerators for various menu items (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyTipHorizontalOffset	Gets or sets a value that indicates how far left or right the Key Tip is placed in relation to the UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyTipPlacementMode	Gets or sets a value that indicates where the access key Key Tip is placed in relation to the boundary of the UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyTipTarget	Gets or sets a value that indicates the element targeted by the access key Key Tip. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyTipVerticalOffset	Gets or sets a value that indicates how far up or down the Key Tip is placed in relation to the UI element. (Inherited from UIElement)
Language	Gets or sets localization/globalization language information that applies to a FrameworkElement, and also to all child elements of the current FrameworkElement in the object representation and in UI. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Lights	Gets the collection of XamlLight objects attached to this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
ManipulationMode	Gets or sets the ManipulationModes value used for UIElement behavior and interaction with gestures. Setting this value enables handling the manipulation events from this element in app code. (Inherited from UIElement)
Margin	Gets or sets the outer margin of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
MaxHeight	Gets or sets the maximum height constraint of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
MaxWidth	Gets or sets the maximum width constraint of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
MinHeight	Gets or sets the minimum height constraint of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
MinWidth	Gets or sets the minimum width constraint of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Name	Gets or sets the identifying name of the object. When a XAML processor creates the object tree from XAML markup, run-time code can refer to the XAML-declared object by this name. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Opacity	Gets or sets the degree of the object's opacity. (Inherited from UIElement)
OpacityTransition	Gets or sets the ScalarTransition that animates changes to the Opacity property. (Inherited from UIElement)
Parent	Gets the parent object of this FrameworkElement in the object tree. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
PointerCaptures	Gets the set of all captured pointers, represented as Pointer values. (Inherited from UIElement)
Projection	Gets or sets the perspective projection (3-D effect) to apply when rendering this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
RenderSize	Gets the final render size of a UIElement. Use is not recommended, see Remarks. (Inherited from UIElement)
RenderTransform	Gets or sets transform information that affects the rendering position of a UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
RenderTransformOrigin	Gets or sets the origin point of any possible render transform declared by RenderTransform, relative to the bounds of the UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
RequestedTheme	Gets or sets the UI theme that is used by the UIElement (and its child elements) for resource determination. The UI theme you specify with RequestedTheme can override the app-level RequestedTheme. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Resources	Gets the locally defined resource dictionary. In XAML, you can establish resource items as child object elements of a `frameworkElement.Resources` property element, through XAML implicit collection syntax. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Rotation	Gets or sets the angle of clockwise rotation, in degrees. Rotates relative to the RotationAxis and the CenterPoint. Affects the rendering position of the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
RotationAxis	Gets or sets the axis to rotate the element around. (Inherited from UIElement)
RotationTransition	Gets or sets the ScalarTransition that animates changes to the Rotation property. (Inherited from UIElement)
Scale	Gets or sets the scale of the element. Scales relative to the element's CenterPoint. Affects the rendering position of the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
ScaleTransition	Gets or sets the Vector3Transition that animates changes to the Scale property. (Inherited from UIElement)
Settings	Gets a WebViewSettings object that contains properties to enable or disable WebView features.
Shadow	Gets or sets the shadow effect cast by the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
Source	Gets or sets the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) source of the HTML content to display in the WebView control.
SourceProperty	Identifies the Source dependency property.
Style	Gets or sets an instance Style that is applied for this object during layout and rendering. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
TabFocusNavigation	Gets or sets a value that modifies how tabbing and TabIndex work for this control. (Inherited from UIElement)
Tag	Gets or sets an arbitrary object value that can be used to store custom information about this object. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Transform3D	Gets or sets the 3-D transform effect to apply when rendering this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
TransformMatrix	Gets or sets the transformation matrix to apply to the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
Transitions	Gets or sets the collection of Transition style elements that apply to a UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
Translation	Gets or sets the x, y, and z rendering position of the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
TranslationTransition	Gets or sets the Vector3Transition that animates changes to the Translation property. (Inherited from UIElement)
Triggers	Gets the collection of triggers for animations that are defined for a FrameworkElement. Not commonly used. See Remarks. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
UIContext	Gets the context identifier for the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
UseLayoutRounding	Gets or sets a value that determines whether rendering for the object and its visual subtree should use rounding behavior that aligns rendering to whole pixels. (Inherited from UIElement)
VerticalAlignment	Gets or sets the vertical alignment characteristics that are applied to a FrameworkElement when it is composed in a parent object such as a panel or items control. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Visibility	Gets or sets the visibility of a UIElement. A UIElement that is not visible is not rendered and does not communicate its desired size to layout. (Inherited from UIElement)
Width	Gets or sets the width of a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
XamlRoot	Gets or sets the `XamlRoot` in which this element is being viewed. (Inherited from UIElement)
XYFocusDown	Gets or sets the object that gets focus when a user presses the Directional Pad (D-pad) down.
XYFocusDownNavigationStrategy	Gets or sets a value that specifies the strategy used to determine the target element of a down navigation. (Inherited from UIElement)
XYFocusDownProperty	Identifies the XYFocusDown dependency property.
XYFocusKeyboardNavigation	Gets or sets a value that enables or disables navigation using the keyboard directional arrows. (Inherited from UIElement)
XYFocusLeft	Gets or sets the object that gets focus when a user presses the Directional Pad (D-pad) left.
XYFocusLeftNavigationStrategy	Gets or sets a value that specifies the strategy used to determine the target element of a left navigation. (Inherited from UIElement)
XYFocusLeftProperty	Identifies the XYFocusLeft dependency property.
XYFocusRight	Gets or sets the object that gets focus when a user presses the Directional Pad (D-pad) right.
XYFocusRightNavigationStrategy	Gets or sets a value that specifies the strategy used to determine the target element of a right navigation. (Inherited from UIElement)
XYFocusRightProperty	Identifies the XYFocusRight dependency property.
XYFocusUp	Gets or sets the object that gets focus when a user presses the Directional Pad (D-pad) up.
XYFocusUpNavigationStrategy	Gets or sets a value that specifies the strategy used to determine the target element of an up navigation. (Inherited from UIElement)
XYFocusUpProperty	Identifies the XYFocusUp dependency property.

Methods

AddHandler(RoutedEvent, Object, Boolean)	Adds a routed event handler for a specified routed event, adding the handler to the handler collection on the current element. Specify handledEventsToo as true to have the provided handler be invoked even if the event is handled elsewhere. (Inherited from UIElement)
AddWebAllowedObject(String, Object)	Adds a native Windows Runtime object as a global parameter to the top level document inside of a WebView.
Arrange(Rect)	Positions child objects and determines a size for a UIElement. Parent objects that implement custom layout for their child elements should call this method from their layout override implementations to form a recursive layout update. (Inherited from UIElement)
ArrangeOverride(Size)	Provides the behavior for the "Arrange" pass of layout. Classes can override this method to define their own "Arrange" pass behavior. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
BuildLocalStreamUri(String, String)	Creates a URI that you can pass to NavigateToLocalStreamUri.
CancelDirectManipulations()	Cancels ongoing direct manipulation processing (system-defined panning/zooming) on any ScrollViewer parent that contains the current UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
CapturePointer(Pointer)	Sets pointer capture to a UIElement. Once captured, only the element that has capture will fire pointer-related events. (Inherited from UIElement)
CapturePreviewToStreamAsync(IRandomAccessStream)	Creates an image of the current WebView contents and writes it to the specified stream.
CaptureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync()	Asynchronously gets a DataPackage that contains the selected content within the WebView.
ClearTemporaryWebDataAsync()	Clears the WebView's cache and IndexedDB data.
ClearValue(DependencyProperty)	Clears the local value of a dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
DeferredPermissionRequestById(UInt32)	Returns the deferred permission request with the specified Id.
FindName(String)	Retrieves an object that has the specified identifier name. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FindSubElementsForTouchTargeting(Point, Rect)	Enables a UIElement subclass to expose child elements that assist with resolving touch targeting. (Inherited from UIElement)
Focus(FocusState)	Sets the input focus to the WebView.
GetAnimationBaseValue(DependencyProperty)	Returns any base value established for a dependency property, which would apply in cases where an animation is not active. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
GetBindingExpression(DependencyProperty)	Returns the BindingExpression that represents the binding on the specified property. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
GetChildrenInTabFocusOrder()	Enables a UIElement subclass to expose child elements that take part in Tab focus. (Inherited from UIElement)
GetValue(DependencyProperty)	Returns the current effective value of a dependency property from a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
GoBack()	Navigates the WebView to the previous page in the navigation history.
GoForward()	Navigates the WebView to the next page in the navigation history.
GoToElementStateCore(String, Boolean)	When implemented in a derived class, enables per-state construction of a visual tree for a control template in code, rather than by loading XAML for all states at control startup. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
InvalidateArrange()	Invalidates the arrange state (layout) for a UIElement. After the invalidation, the UIElement will have its layout updated, which will occur asynchronously. (Inherited from UIElement)
InvalidateMeasure()	Invalidates the measurement state (layout) for a UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
InvalidateViewport()	Invalidates the viewport state for a UIElement that is used to calculate the effective viewport. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
InvokeScript(String, String[])	Note InvokeScript may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use InvokeScriptAsync. Executes the specified script function from the currently loaded HTML, with specific arguments.
InvokeScriptAsync(String, IIterable<String>)	Executes the specified script function from the currently loaded HTML, with specific arguments, as an asynchronous action.
Measure(Size)	Updates the DesiredSize of a UIElement. Typically, objects that implement custom layout for their layout children call this method from their own MeasureOverride implementations to form a recursive layout update. (Inherited from UIElement)
MeasureOverride(Size)	Provides the behavior for the "Measure" pass of the layout cycle. Classes can override this method to define their own "Measure" pass behavior. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Navigate(Uri)	Loads the HTML content at the specified Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
NavigateToLocalStreamUri(Uri, IUriToStreamResolver)	Loads local web content at the specified URI using an IUriToStreamResolver.
NavigateToString(String)	Loads the specified HTML content as a new document.
NavigateWithHttpRequestMessage(HttpRequestMessage)	Navigates the WebView to a URI with a POST request and HTTP headers.
OnApplyTemplate()	Invoked whenever application code or internal processes (such as a rebuilding layout pass) call ApplyTemplate. In simplest terms, this means the method is called just before a UI element displays in your app. Override this method to influence the default post-template logic of a class. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
OnBringIntoViewRequested(BringIntoViewRequestedEventArgs)	Called before the BringIntoViewRequested event occurs. (Inherited from UIElement)
OnCreateAutomationPeer()	When implemented in a derived class, returns class-specific AutomationPeer implementations for the Microsoft UI Automation infrastructure. (Inherited from UIElement)
OnDisconnectVisualChildren()	Override this method to implement how layout and logic should behave when items are removed from a class-specific content or children property. (Inherited from UIElement)
OnKeyboardAcceleratorInvoked(KeyboardAcceleratorInvokedEventArgs)	Called when a keyboard shortcut (or accelerator) is processed in your app. Override this method to handle how your app responds when a keyboard accelerator is invoked. (Inherited from UIElement)
OnProcessKeyboardAccelerators(ProcessKeyboardAcceleratorEventArgs)	Called just before a keyboard shortcut (or accelerator) is processed in your app. Invoked whenever application code or internal processes call ProcessKeyboardAccelerators. Override this method to influence the default accelerator handling. (Inherited from UIElement)
PopulatePropertyInfo(String, AnimationPropertyInfo)	Defines a property that can be animated. (Inherited from UIElement)
PopulatePropertyInfoOverride(String, AnimationPropertyInfo)	When overridden in a derived class, defines a property that can be animated. (Inherited from UIElement)
ReadLocalValue(DependencyProperty)	Returns the local value of a dependency property, if a local value is set. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
Refresh()	Reloads the current content in the WebView.
RegisterPropertyChangedCallback(DependencyProperty, DependencyPropertyChangedCallback)	Registers a notification function for listening to changes to a specific DependencyProperty on this DependencyObject instance. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
ReleasePointerCapture(Pointer)	Releases pointer captures for capture of one specific pointer by this UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
ReleasePointerCaptures()	Releases all pointer captures held by this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
RemoveHandler(RoutedEvent, Object)	Removes the specified routed event handler from this UIElement. Typically the handler in question was added by AddHandler. (Inherited from UIElement)
SetBinding(DependencyProperty, BindingBase)	Attaches a binding to a FrameworkElement, using the provided binding object. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
SetValue(DependencyProperty, Object)	Sets the local value of a dependency property on a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
StartAnimation(ICompositionAnimationBase)	Begins the specified animation on the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
StartBringIntoView()	Initiates a request to the XAML framework to bring the element into view within any scrollable regions it is contained within. (Inherited from UIElement)
StartBringIntoView(BringIntoViewOptions)	Initiates a request to the XAML framework to bring the element into view using the specified options. (Inherited from UIElement)
StartDragAsync(PointerPoint)	Initiates a drag-and-drop operation. (Inherited from UIElement)
Stop()	Halts the current WebView navigation or download.
StopAnimation(ICompositionAnimationBase)	Stops the specified animation on the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
TransformToVisual(UIElement)	Returns a transform object that can be used to transform coordinates from the UIElement to the specified object. (Inherited from UIElement)
TryInvokeKeyboardAccelerator(ProcessKeyboardAcceleratorEventArgs)	Attempts to invoke a keyboard shortcut (or accelerator) by searching the entire visual tree of the UIElement for the shortcut. (Inherited from UIElement)
UnregisterPropertyChangedCallback(DependencyProperty, Int64)	Cancels a change notification that was previously registered by calling RegisterPropertyChangedCallback. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
UpdateLayout()	Ensures that all positions of child objects of a UIElement are properly updated for layout. (Inherited from UIElement)

Events

AccessKeyDisplayDismissed	Occurs when access keys should no longer be displayed. (Inherited from UIElement)
AccessKeyDisplayRequested	Occurs when the user requests that access keys be displayed. (Inherited from UIElement)
AccessKeyInvoked	Occurs when a user completes an access key sequence. (Inherited from UIElement)
ActualThemeChanged	Occurs when the ActualTheme property value has changed. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
BringIntoViewRequested	Occurs when StartBringIntoView is called on this element or one of its descendants. (Inherited from UIElement)
CharacterReceived	Occurs when a single, composed character is received by the input queue. (Inherited from UIElement)
ContainsFullScreenElementChanged	Occurs when the status of whether the WebView currently contains a full screen element or not changes.
ContentLoading	Occurs when the WebView has started loading new content.
ContextCanceled	Occurs when a context input gesture continues into a manipulation gesture, to notify the element that the context flyout should not be opened. (Inherited from UIElement)
ContextRequested	Occurs when the user has completed a context input gesture, such as a right-click. (Inherited from UIElement)
DataContextChanged	Occurs when the value of the FrameworkElement.DataContext property changes. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
DOMContentLoaded	Occurs when the WebView has finished parsing the current HTML content.
DoubleTapped	Occurs when an otherwise unhandled DoubleTap interaction occurs over the hit test area of this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
DragEnter	Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the target. (Inherited from UIElement)
DragLeave	Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the origin. (Inherited from UIElement)
DragOver	Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the potential drop target. (Inherited from UIElement)
DragStarting	Occurs when a drag operation is initiated. (Inherited from UIElement)
Drop	Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drop event with this element as the drop target. (Inherited from UIElement)
DropCompleted	Occurs when a drag-and-drop operation with this element as the source is ended. (Inherited from UIElement)
EffectiveViewportChanged	Occurs when the FrameworkElement's effective viewport changes. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
FrameContentLoading	Occurs when a frame in the WebView has started loading new content.
FrameDOMContentLoaded	Occurs when a frame in the WebView has finished parsing its current HTML content.
FrameNavigationCompleted	Occurs when a frame in the WebView has finished loading its content.
FrameNavigationStarting	Occurs before a frame in the WebView navigates to new content.
GettingFocus	Occurs before a UIElement receives focus. This event is raised synchronously to ensure focus isn't moved while the event is bubbling. (Inherited from UIElement)
GotFocus	Occurs when a UIElement receives focus. This event is raised asynchronously, so focus can move again before bubbling is complete. (Inherited from UIElement)
Holding	Occurs when an otherwise unhandled Hold interaction occurs over the hit test area of this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyDown	Occurs when a keyboard key is pressed while the UIElement has focus. (Inherited from UIElement)
KeyUp	Occurs when a keyboard key is released while the UIElement has focus. (Inherited from UIElement)
LayoutUpdated	Occurs when the layout of the visual tree changes, due to layout-relevant properties changing value or some other action that refreshes the layout. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
LoadCompleted	Note LoadCompleted may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use NavigationCompleted. Occurs when top-level navigation completes and the content loads into the WebView control or when an error occurs during loading.
Loaded	Occurs when a FrameworkElement has been constructed and added to the object tree, and is ready for interaction. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Loading	Occurs when a FrameworkElement begins to load. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
LongRunningScriptDetected	Occurs periodically while the WebView executes JavaScript, letting you halt the script.
LosingFocus	Occurs before a UIElement loses focus. This event is raised synchronously to ensure focus isn't moved while the event is bubbling. (Inherited from UIElement)
LostFocus	Occurs when a UIElement loses focus. This event is raised asynchronously, so focus can move again before bubbling is complete. (Inherited from UIElement)
ManipulationCompleted	Occurs when a manipulation on the UIElement is complete. (Inherited from UIElement)
ManipulationDelta	Occurs when the input device changes position during a manipulation. (Inherited from UIElement)
ManipulationInertiaStarting	Occurs when the input device loses contact with the UIElement object during a manipulation and inertia begins. (Inherited from UIElement)
ManipulationStarted	Occurs when an input device begins a manipulation on the UIElement. (Inherited from UIElement)
ManipulationStarting	Occurs when the manipulation processor is first created. (Inherited from UIElement)
NavigationCompleted	Occurs when the WebView has finished loading the current content or if navigation has failed.
NavigationFailed	Note NavigationFailed may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use NavigationCompleted. Occurs when the WebView cannot complete the navigation attempt.
NavigationStarting	Occurs before the WebView navigates to new content.
NewWindowRequested	Occurs when a user performs an action in a WebView that causes content to be opened in a new window.
NoFocusCandidateFound	Occurs when a user attempts to move focus (via tab or directional arrows), but focus doesn't move because no focus candidate is found in the direction of movement. (Inherited from UIElement)
PermissionRequested	Occurs when an action in a WebView requires that permission be granted.
PointerCanceled	Occurs when a pointer that made contact abnormally loses contact. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerCaptureLost	Occurs when pointer capture previously held by this element moves to another element or elsewhere. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerEntered	Occurs when a pointer enters the hit test area of this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerExited	Occurs when a pointer leaves the hit test area of this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerMoved	Occurs when a pointer moves while the pointer remains within the hit test area of this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerPressed	Occurs when the pointer device initiates a Press action within this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerReleased	Occurs when the pointer device that previously initiated a Press action is released, while within this element. Note that the end of a Press action is not guaranteed to fire a PointerReleased event; other events may fire instead. For more info, see Remarks. (Inherited from UIElement)
PointerWheelChanged	Occurs when the delta value of a pointer wheel changes. (Inherited from UIElement)
PreviewKeyDown	Occurs when a keyboard key is pressed while the UIElement has focus. (Inherited from UIElement)
PreviewKeyUp	Occurs when a keyboard key is released while the UIElement has focus. (Inherited from UIElement)
ProcessKeyboardAccelerators	Occurs when a keyboard shortcut (or accelerator) is pressed. (Inherited from UIElement)
RightTapped	Occurs when a right-tap input stimulus happens while the pointer is over the element. (Inherited from UIElement)
ScriptNotify	Occurs when the content contained in the WebView control passes a string to the application by using JavaScript.
SeparateProcessLost	Occurs when a WebView runs with an ExecutionMode of SeparateProcess, and the separate process is lost.
SizeChanged	Occurs when either the ActualHeight or the ActualWidth property changes value on a FrameworkElement. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
Tapped	Occurs when an otherwise unhandled Tap interaction occurs over the hit test area of this element. (Inherited from UIElement)
Unloaded	Occurs when this object is no longer connected to the main object tree. (Inherited from FrameworkElement)
UnsafeContentWarningDisplaying	Occurs when the WebView shows a warning page for content that was reported as unsafe by SmartScreen Filter.
UnsupportedUriSchemeIdentified	Occurs when an attempt is made to navigate to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) using a scheme that WebView doesn't support.
UnviewableContentIdentified	Occurs when the WebView attempts to download an unsupported file.
WebResourceRequested	Occurs when an HTTP request has been made.

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WebView Class

Definition

Windows requirements

Examples

Remarks

Navigating to content

Responding to navigation events

Responding to potential problems

Handling special cases for WebView content

Interacting with WebView content

Accessing the Windows Runtime in WebView

Options for web content hosting

Capturing WebView content

Execution modes

Focus behavior for WebView in a separate process

Use of Alert

Notes for previous versions

Windows 8.1

Windows Phone 8

Windows 8

Version history

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Events

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