Span Class

Definition

Namespace:

Xamarin.Forms

Assembly:

Xamarin.Forms.Core.dll

Represents a section of a FormattedString.

[Xamarin.Forms.ContentProperty("Text")]
public class Span : Xamarin.Forms.GestureElement, Xamarin.Forms.IDecorableTextElement, Xamarin.Forms.Internals.IFontElement

type Span = class
    inherit GestureElement
    interface IFontElement
    interface IDecorableTextElement

Inheritance

System.Object

BindableObject

Element

GestureElement

Span

Attributes

ContentPropertyAttribute

Implements

IDecorableTextElement IFontElement

Remarks

Bindings to Span properties are OneTime by default.

Constructors

Span()

Initialize a new instance of the Span class.

Fields

BackgroundColorProperty	Backing store for the BackgroundColor property.
CharacterSpacingProperty
FontAttributesProperty	Backing store for the FontAttributes property.
FontFamilyProperty	Backing store for the FontFamily property.
FontProperty	Backing store for the Font property.
FontSizeProperty	Backing store for the FontSize property.
ForegroundColorProperty	Obsolete. Backing store for the ForegroundColor property.
LineHeightProperty	Backing store for the LineHeight bindable property.
StyleProperty	Backing store for the Style property.
TextColorProperty	Backing store for the TextColor property.
TextDecorationsProperty	The BindableProperty associated with the TextDecorations property.
TextProperty	Backing store for the Text property.
TextTransformProperty

Properties

AutomationId	Gets or sets a value that allows the automation framework to find and interact with this element. (Inherited from Element)
BackgroundColor	Gets or sets the Color of the span background.
BindingContext	Gets or sets object that contains the properties that will be targeted by the bound properties that belong to this BindableObject. (Inherited from BindableObject)
CharacterSpacing
ClassId	Gets or sets a value used to identify a collection of semantically similar elements. (Inherited from Element)
Dispatcher	(Inherited from BindableObject)
EffectControlProvider	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
Effects	A list of the effects that are applied to this item. (Inherited from Element)
Font	Obsolete. Gets or sets the Font for the text in the span.
FontAttributes	Gets a value that indicates whether the font for the span is bold, italic, or neither.
FontFamily	Gets the font family to which the font for the text in the span belongs.
FontSize	Gets the size of the font for the text in the span.
ForegroundColor	Gets or sets the Color for the text in the span.
GestureRecognizers	Gets the list of recognizers that belong to the element. (Inherited from GestureElement)
Id	Gets a value that can be used to uniquely identify an element through the run of an application. (Inherited from Element)
LineHeight	Gets or sets the multiplier to apply to the default line height when displaying text.
LogicalChildren	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
Parent	Gets or sets the parent element of the element. (Inherited from Element)
ParentView	Obsolete. Gets the element which is the closest ancestor of this element that is a VisualElement. (Inherited from Element)
Platform	Obsolete. (Inherited from Element)
RealParent	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
Style	Gets or sets the Style to apply to the span.
StyleId	Gets or sets a user defined value to uniquely identify the element. (Inherited from Element)
Text	Gets or sets the text of the span.
TextColor	Gets or sets the text color.
TextDecorations	Gets or sets the TextDecorations applied to this span.
TextTransform

Methods

ApplyBindings()	Apply the bindings to BindingContext. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ClearValue(BindableProperty)	Clears any value set by SetValue for property. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ClearValue(BindablePropertyKey)	Clears any value set by SetValue for the property that is identified by propertyKey. (Inherited from BindableObject)
CoerceValue(BindableProperty)	(Inherited from BindableObject)
CoerceValue(BindablePropertyKey)	(Inherited from BindableObject)
Descendants()	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
EffectIsAttached(String)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
FindByName(String)	Returns the element that has the specified name. (Inherited from Element)
GetValue(BindableProperty)	Returns the value that is contained in the BindableProperty. (Inherited from BindableObject)
GetValues(BindableProperty, BindableProperty, BindableProperty)	Obsolete. For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
GetValues(BindableProperty, BindableProperty)	Obsolete. For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
IsSet(BindableProperty)	Returns true if the target property exists and has been set. (Inherited from BindableObject)
OnBindingContextChanged()	Override this method to execute an action when the BindingContext changes.
OnChildAdded(Element)	Invoked whenever the ChildAdded event needs to be emitted. Implement this method to add class handling for this event. (Inherited from Element)
OnChildRemoved(Element, Int32)	(Inherited from Element)
OnChildRemoved(Element)	Obsolete. Invoked whenever the ChildRemoved event needs to be emitted. Implement this method to add class handling for this event. (Inherited from Element)
OnParentSet()	Invoked whenever the Parent of an element is set. Implement this method in order to add behavior when the element is added to a parent. (Inherited from Element)
OnPropertyChanged(String)	Method that is called when a bound property is changed. (Inherited from Element)
OnPropertyChanging(String)	Call this method from a child class to notify that a change is going to happen on a property. (Inherited from BindableObject)
RemoveBinding(BindableProperty)	Removes a previously set binding. (Inherited from BindableObject)
RemoveDynamicResource(BindableProperty)	Removes a previously set dynamic resource (Inherited from Element)
SetBinding(BindableProperty, BindingBase)	Assigns a binding to a property. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetDynamicResource(BindableProperty, String)	Sets the BindableProperty property of this element to be updated via the DynamicResource with the provided key. (Inherited from Element)
SetValue(BindableProperty, Object)	Sets the value of the specified property. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetValue(BindablePropertyKey, Object)	Sets the value of the propertyKey. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetValueCore(BindableProperty, Object, SetValueFlags)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetValueFromRenderer(BindableProperty, Object)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
SetValueFromRenderer(BindablePropertyKey, Object)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
UnapplyBindings()	Unapplies all previously set bindings. (Inherited from BindableObject)
UpdateFormsText(String, TextTransform)

Events

BindingContextChanged	Raised whenever the BindingContext property changes. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ChildAdded	Occurs whenever a child element is added to the element. (Inherited from Element)
ChildRemoved	Occurs whenever a child element is removed from the element. (Inherited from Element)
DescendantAdded	Occurs whenever a child element is added to the elements subtree. (Inherited from Element)
DescendantRemoved	Occurs whenever a child element is removed from the elements subtree. (Inherited from Element)
PlatformSet	Obsolete. (Inherited from Element)
PropertyChanged	Raised when a property has changed. (Inherited from BindableObject)
PropertyChanging	Raised when a property is about to change. (Inherited from BindableObject)

Explicit Interface Implementations

IDynamicResourceHandler.SetDynamicResource(BindableProperty, String)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
IElementController.SetValueFromRenderer(BindableProperty, Object)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
IFontElement.FontSizeDefaultValueCreator()	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform.
IFontElement.OnFontAttributesChanged(FontAttributes, FontAttributes)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform.
IFontElement.OnFontChanged(Font, Font)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform.
IFontElement.OnFontFamilyChanged(String, String)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform.
IFontElement.OnFontSizeChanged(Double, Double)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform.
INameScope.RegisterName(String, Object)	For internal use only. (Inherited from Element)
ISpatialElement.Region	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from GestureElement)

Extension Methods

GetPropertyIfSet<T>(BindableObject, BindableProperty, T)
SetAppThemeColor(BindableObject, BindableProperty, Color, Color)
SetBinding(BindableObject, BindableProperty, String, BindingMode, IValueConverter, String)	Creates and applies a binding to a property.
SetBinding<TSource>(BindableObject, BindableProperty, Expression<Func<TSource,Object>>, BindingMode, IValueConverter, String)	Obsolete. Creates and applies a binding from an expression.
SetOnAppTheme<T>(BindableObject, BindableProperty, T, T)
FindByName<T>(Element, String)	Returns the instance of type T that has name name in the scope that includes element.