How to: Use Flow Content Elements

The following example demonstrates declarative usage for various flow content elements and associated attributes. Elements and attributes demonstrated include:

• Bold element

• BreakPageBefore attribute

• FontSize attribute

• Italic element

• LineBreak element

• List element

• ListItem element

• Paragraph element

• Run element

• Section element

• Span element

• Variants attribute (superscript and subscript)

• Underline element

Example

<FlowDocument 
    xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
>
    <Paragraph FontSize="18">Flow Format Example</Paragraph>
  
    <Paragraph>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy 
      nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi 
      enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis 
      nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure.
    </Paragraph>
    <Paragraph>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh 
      euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim 
      ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl 
      ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure.
    </Paragraph>

    <Paragraph FontSize="18">More flow elements</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph FontSize="15">Inline, font type and weight, and a List</Paragraph>
    
    <List>
      <ListItem><Paragraph>ListItem 1</Paragraph></ListItem>
      <ListItem><Paragraph>ListItem 2</Paragraph></ListItem>
      <ListItem><Paragraph>ListItem 3</Paragraph></ListItem>
      <ListItem><Paragraph>ListItem 4</Paragraph></ListItem>
      <ListItem><Paragraph>ListItem 5</Paragraph></ListItem>
    </List>

    <Paragraph><Bold>Bolded</Bold></Paragraph>
    <Paragraph><Underline>Underlined</Underline></Paragraph>
    <Paragraph><Bold><Underline>Bolded and Underlined</Underline></Bold></Paragraph>
    <Paragraph><Italic>Italic</Italic></Paragraph>
    
    <Paragraph><Span>The Span element, no inherent rendering</Span></Paragraph>
    <Paragraph><Run>The Run element, no inherent rendering</Run></Paragraph>    

    <Paragraph FontSize="15">Subscript, Superscript</Paragraph>

    <Paragraph>
      <Run Typography.Variants="Superscript">This text is Superscripted.</Run> This text isn't.
    </Paragraph>
    <Paragraph>
      <Run Typography.Variants="Subscript">This text is Subscripted.</Run> This text isn't.
    </Paragraph>
    <Paragraph>
      If a font does not support a particular form (such as Superscript) a default font form will be displayed.
    </Paragraph>
    
    <Paragraph FontSize="15">Blocks, breaks, paragraph</Paragraph>
    
    <Section><Paragraph>A block section of text</Paragraph></Section>
    <Section><Paragraph>Another block section of text</Paragraph></Section>
    
    <Paragraph><LineBreak/></Paragraph>
    <Section><Paragraph>... and another section, preceded by a LineBreak</Paragraph></Section>
    
    <Section BreakPageBefore="True"/>
    <Section><Paragraph>... and another section, preceded by a PageBreak</Paragraph></Section>
        
    <Paragraph>Finally, a paragraph. Note the break between this paragraph ...</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph TextIndent="25">... and this paragraph, and also the left indention.</Paragraph>
        
    <Paragraph><LineBreak/></Paragraph>
    
</FlowDocument>