I am working with WPF for the first time. I am creating a rectangle object & adding it as a child of a canvas.
How do I reference it in XAML?
I want to be able to rotate it over time but don't know how to access it from the MainWindow.xaml code...
I haven't been able to find an answer to this anywhere (maybe you can't do it this way?)
Edit:
I tried setting the
Name
Test
<Rectangle x:Name="Test">
<Rectangle.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="-45"/>
</Rectangle.LayoutTransform>
</Rectangle>
If you create a control in C#, you cannot access it in XAML. I think you must create the necessary animation in C# too.
Applying your rotation in C# could look like this:
var rect = new Rectangle();
rect.LayoutTransform = new RotateTransform() { Angle = -45 };
parentPanel.Children.Add(rect);
The better way would be to generate the Rectangle
in XAML and apply there the animation. But this depends on your exact situation. e.g. you can create a single Rectangle
in XAML and use this one or you can bind an ItemsControl
and create a Rectangle
in the ItemTemplate
for each entry in the binded list.