I would like to remove a FrameworkElement from the visual tree. Since the FrameworkElement has a Parent property, it would be obvious to solve this problem by removing it from there:
FrameworkElement childElement;
if(childElement != null && childElement.Parent != null) // In the visual tree
{
// This line will, of course not complie:
// childElement.Parent.RemoveFromChildren(childElement);
}
The problem is that the Parent property of FrameworkElement is of DependencyObject, which has no notion of children. So the only thing I can see going about this problem is via casting the Parent to see if it's a Border, Panel etc (elements that have notion of children) and remove it from there:
FrameworkElement childElement;
if(childElement != null && childElement.Parent != null) // In the visual tree
{
if(childElement.Parent is Panel)
{
(childElement.Parent as Panel).Children.Remove(childElement );
}
if(childElement.Parent is Border)
{
(childElement.Parent as Border).Child = null;
}
}
Obviously this is not a very flexible solution and not generic at all. Can someone suggest a more generic approach on removing an element from the visual tree?
I don't think there is a simpler way. Actually, there cannot be an easy generic way to do that. WPF
is very flexible and you can create a custom control with a template that takes 3 children to display in 3 different places with custom templates.
What you can do best is take into account all the basic controls and include them in you if-else
ladder. These are Panel
, Border
, ContentControl
, ItemsControl
, etc.
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