getting the co-ordinates of any visual object

Question

Hi,

    is is possible to get the current client co-ordinates of a WPF object in runtime, with out going for a hit-test.

I just have the Name of this control with me, is it possible to get the rectangle area which it is acquiring..

Thanks and Regards

brij

Answer 1

if the element is on canvas you could use Canvas.GetLeft, Canvas.GetTop etc

Answer 2

This is not answer to your question but you can review UIElement.InputHitTestand group of the mouse position related properties like UIElement.IsMouseCaptureWithin

Answer 3

The following method can calculate the bounding rectangle area allocated to a specified element:

public static Rect CalculateBounds(FrameworkElement element, Window rootWindow)

{

	GeneralTransform transform = element.TransformToAncestor(rootWindow);

	Point upperLeft = transform.Transform(new Point(0, 0));

	Point lowerRight = transform.Transform(new Point(element.ActualWidth, element.ActualHeight));

	return new Rect(upperLeft, lowerRight);

}