How to find the controls Name using visual tree in WPF

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Hi,

Is there any way to find the control's actual name using Visual tree.

i.e let say I have a button called "Run Movie" on a canvas over WPF window "MovieWindow".

Using Window control in the Visual tree, I can trace button using below code.

VB

dim myKid as DependencyObject = Nothing
for i as integer =0 to VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(MovieWindow) -1
  myKid = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(MovieWindow,i)

  dim controlName as string = myKid.DependecyObjectType.Name
Next

In the above code controlName will get the name of the control as "Button".

How to get the button name as "Run Movie" using Visual tree.

Thanks in Advance.
Best Regards,

Posted 2-Dec-12 19:21pm

Vijay hit

Updated 2-Dec-12 19:42pm

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Vijay hit · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-03T14:35:00

Thanks guys for all your effort. I found out below solution.

We have to use control.GetValue(Control.NameProperty)

For Example, In the below code, by tracing mainWindow i.e MovieWindow, I will get Button.

To get the name of the Button, I should do

VB

myKid.GetValue(Control.NameProperty)

This is by using dependecy property GetValue method().
(DependencyObject.GetValue(Control.nameProerty))

dim myKid as DependencyObject = Nothing
for i as integer =0 to VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(MovieWindow) -1
  myKid = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(MovieWindow,i)
 
  dim controlName as string = myKid.DependecyObjectType.Name
Next

Best Regards,

Vijay