Line

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Draws a straight line between two points.

<Line .../>

Methods

AddEventListener, CaptureMouse, Equals, FindName (DependencyObject), GetHost, GetParent, GetValue, ReleaseMouseCapture, RemoveEventListener, SetValue

Properties

Canvas.Left, Canvas.Top, Canvas.ZIndex, Clip, Cursor, Effect (Silverlight 3), Fill (Shape), Grid.Column (Silverlight 2), Grid.ColumnSpan (Silverlight 2), Grid.Row (Silverlight 2), Grid.RowSpan (Silverlight 2), Height (UIElement), HorizontalAlignment (Silverlight 2), Margin (Silverlight 2), MaxHeight (Silverlight 2), MaxWidth (Silverlight 2), MinHeight (Silverlight 2), MinWidth (Silverlight 2), Name (DependencyObject), Opacity (UIElement), OpacityMask, Projection (Silverlight 3), RenderTransform, RenderTransformOrigin, Resources, Stretch (Shape), Stroke (Shape), StrokeDashArray, StrokeDashCap, StrokeDashOffset, StrokeEndLineCap, StrokeLineJoin, StrokeMiterLimit, StrokeStartLineCap, StrokeThickness, Style (Silverlight 2), Tag, Triggers, VerticalAlignment (Silverlight 2), Visibility, Width (UIElement), X1, X2, Y1, Y2

Events

Loaded, MouseEnter, MouseLeave, MouseLeftButtonDown, MouseLeftButtonUp, MouseMove, MouseWheel (Silverlight 3)

Managed Equivalent

Line

Remarks

The basic shapes do not have a Bezier curve. You could use a Path object and one of the Bezier geometries as data.

Example

The following example shows how to use Line to create several lines.

<Canvas 
  xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"  
  xmlns:x="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"  
  Height="300" Width="300">

  <!-- Draws a diagonal line from (10,10) to (50,50). -->
  <Line
    X1="10" Y1="10"
    X2="50" Y2="50"
    Stroke="Black"
    StrokeThickness="4" />

  <!-- Draws a diagonal line from (10,10) to (50,50)
       and moves it 100 pixels to the right. -->
  <Line
    X1="10" Y1="10"
    X2="50" Y2="50"
    StrokeThickness="4"
    Canvas.Left="100">
    <Line.Stroke>
      <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.5,0.5" Center="0.5,0.5" RadiusX="0.5" RadiusY="0.5">
        <RadialGradientBrush.GradientStops>
          <GradientStop Color="Red" Offset="0" />
          <GradientStop Color="Blue" Offset="0.25" />
        </RadialGradientBrush.GradientStops>
      </RadialGradientBrush>
    </Line.Stroke>
  </Line>

  <!-- Draws a horizontal line from (10,60) to (150,60). -->
  <Line
     X1="10" Y1="60"
     X2="150" Y2="60"
     Stroke="Black"
     StrokeThickness="4"/>

</Canvas>

See Also

Reference

Shape