Base Elements

Four key classes--UIElement, ContentElement, FrameworkElement, and FrameworkContentElement--implement a substantial percentage of the common element functionality available in WPF programming. These four classes are referred to in this SDK as the base element classes.

In This Section

• Base Elements Overview

• Freezable Objects Overview

• Alignment, Margins, and Padding Overview

• Base Elements How-to Topics

Reference

UIElement

ContentElement

FrameworkElement

FrameworkContentElement

Related Sections

• WPF Architecture

• XAML in WPF

• Element Tree and Serialization

• Properties

• Events (WPF)

• Input and Commands

• Resources (WPF)

• Styling and Templating

• Threading Model