Visual.FindCommonVisualAncestor(DependencyObject) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Media

Assembly:: PresentationCore.dll

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Returns the common ancestor of two visual objects.

public:
 System::Windows::DependencyObject ^ FindCommonVisualAncestor(System::Windows::DependencyObject ^ otherVisual);

public System.Windows.DependencyObject FindCommonVisualAncestor (System.Windows.DependencyObject otherVisual);

member this.FindCommonVisualAncestor : System.Windows.DependencyObject -> System.Windows.DependencyObject

Public Function FindCommonVisualAncestor (otherVisual As DependencyObject) As DependencyObject

Parameters

otherVisual: DependencyObject

A visual object of type DependencyObject.

Returns

DependencyObject

The common ancestor of the visual object and otherVisual if one exists; otherwise, null.

Remarks

2D and 3D objects can have common visual ancestors, so it is possible to pass a Visual3D for otherVisual.

Applies to

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