TextElement Class

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An abstract class used as the base class for the abstract Block and Inline classes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Windows.DependencyObject
    System.Windows.Documents.TextElement
      System.Windows.Documents.Block
      System.Windows.Documents.Inline

Namespace:  System.Windows.Documents
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class TextElement _
    Inherits DependencyObject

public abstract class TextElement : DependencyObject

The TextElement type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	CharacterSpacing	Gets or sets the distance between characters of text in the control measured in 1000ths of the font size.
	ContentEnd	Gets a TextPointer that represents the end of the content in the element.
	ContentStart	Gets a TextPointer that represents the start of content in the element.
	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.
	ElementStart	Gets a TextPointer that represents the position just before the start of the element.
	FontFamily	Gets or sets the preferred top-level font family for the content of the element.
	FontSize	Gets or sets the font size for the content of the element.
	FontStretch	Gets or sets the glyph width of the font in a family to select.
	FontStyle	Gets or sets the font style for the content in this element.
	FontWeight	Gets or sets the top-level font weight to select from the font family for the content in this element.
	Foreground	Gets or sets the Brush to apply to the content in this element.
	Language	Gets or sets the language of the content within an TextElement element.
	Name	Gets or sets a unique identification for the object. Name can only be set from initial parsing of XAML.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	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.
	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.
	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
	CharacterSpacingProperty	Identifies the CharacterSpacingdependency property.
	FontFamilyProperty	Identifies the FontFamily dependency property.
	FontSizeProperty	Identifies the FontSize dependency property.
	FontStretchProperty	Identifies the FontStretch dependency property.
	FontStyleProperty	Identifies the FontStyle dependency property.
	FontWeightProperty	Identifies the FontWeight dependency property.
	ForegroundProperty	Identifies the Foreground dependency property.
	LanguageProperty	Identifies the Language dependency property.

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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.

See Also

Reference

System.Windows.Documents Namespace