Wpf: Listing all control Names in an application

Question

I need a way to list out all named controls in a wpf application.

In C++ we could use the resources file to see a list of all the controls on a form(or so I'm told). I need a similar way to see the a list of controls in a wpf application. The names will be used in a database, so it doesn't matter how I get them, I just need to automate it so I don't miss or misspell any.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Might there be a tool out there somewhere that could read xaml files and pick out the names?

Carlo · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-25 20:38:56Z

This will help you out:

private void ProcessLogicalTree(object current) { string elementInfo = current.GetType().Name; if (current is FrameworkElement) { elementInfo += " - Name: " + (current as FrameworkElement).Name; } MessageBox.Show(elementInfo); DependencyObject dependencyObject = current as DependencyObject; if (dependencyObject != null) { foreach (object child in LogicalTreeHelper.GetChildren(dependencyObject)) { ProcessLogicalTree(child); } } }

And this is how you use it:

ProcessLogicalTree(this); // Where 'this' is your Window or your UserControl

Preferable on the Loaded event or at a Button_Click event.

Lars Truijens · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-25 20:06:53Z

xaml files are a xml format. You can use any xml parser to parse the xaml file. You might notice that not all parts in a xaml file are controls (elements) and controls do not have to have a name specified for it to work.

If you want to do it runtime you could use the LogicalTreeHelper or VisualTreeHelper as already suggested.

David Brunelle · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-25 19:53:50Z

Someone sent me this earlier:

You can use LogicalTreeHelper (or VisualTreeHelper) to recurse through the WPF trees and find the controls you're interested in.

I don't know if you are using a windows or a ASP.net project, but this is for wpf form project.

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