how-to-find-controltemplate-generated-elements.md

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How to: Find ControlTemplate-Generated Elements	Learn how to find ControlTemplate-generated elements, by means of the included code examples in XAML, C#, and Visual Basic.	03/30/2017	csharp vb	ControlTemplates [WPF], finding elements finding ControlTemplate elements [WPF]	d7b25447-ceff-4bb4-9be5-fd7c40ef00af

How to: Find ControlTemplate-Generated Elements

This example shows how to find elements that are generated by a xref:System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate.

Example

The following example shows a style that creates a simple xref:System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate for the xref:System.Windows.Controls.Button class:

[!code-xamlFindGeneratedItems#CT]

To find an element within the template after the template has been applied, you can call the xref:System.Windows.FrameworkTemplate.FindName%2A method of the xref:System.Windows.Controls.Control.Template%2A. The following example creates a message box that shows the actual width value of the xref:System.Windows.Controls.Grid within the control template:

[!code-csharpFindGeneratedItems#CTFindElement] [!code-vbFindGeneratedItems#CTFindElement]

See also

• Find DataTemplate-Generated Elements
• Styling and Templating
• WPF XAML Namescopes
• Trees in WPF