Class View

Definition

Namespace:

Tizen.NUI.BaseComponents

Assembly:

Tizen.NUI.dll

API Level:

3

View is the base class for all views.

public class View : Container, INotifyPropertyChanged, IDynamicResourceHandler, IElement, INameScope, IElementController, IDisposable, IResourcesProvider

Inheritance

Object

Tizen.NUI.Binding.BindableObject

Tizen.NUI.Binding.Element

BaseHandle

Animatable

Container

View

Derived

FlexContainer

ImageView

Scrollable

TableView

TextEditor

TextField

TextLabel

VideoView

ViewWrapper

WidgetView

Implements

INotifyPropertyChanged

IDisposable

Constructors

View()

Creates a new instance of a view.

Declaration

public View()

API Level: 3

Properties

AlignSelf

The Child property of FlexContainer.
The alignment of the flex item along the cross axis, which, if set, overides the default alignment for all items in the container.

Declaration

public int AlignSelf { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

API Level: 3

Background

The background of view.

Declaration

public PropertyMap Background { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PropertyMap

API Level: 3

BackgroundColor

The mutually exclusive with "backgroundImage" and "background" type Vector4.

Declaration

public Color BackgroundColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Color

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.BackgroundColor.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

BackgroundImage

The mutually exclusive with "backgroundColor" and "background" type Map.

Declaration

public string BackgroundImage { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

API Level: 3

CellHorizontalAlignment

The horizontal alignment of this child inside the cells, if not set, the default value is 'left'.

Declaration

public HorizontalAlignmentType CellHorizontalAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
HorizontalAlignmentType

API Level: 3

CellIndex

The top-left cell this child occupies, if not set, the first available cell is used.

Declaration

public Vector2 CellIndex { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector2

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.CellIndex.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

CellVerticalAlignment

The vertical alignment of this child inside the cells, if not set, the default value is 'top'.

Declaration

public VerticalAlignmentType CellVerticalAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
VerticalAlignmentType

API Level: 3

ChildCount

Get the number of children held by the view.

Declaration

public uint ChildCount { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
UInt32

API Level: 3

ClippingMode

Gets or sets the clipping behavior (mode) of it's children.

Declaration

public ClippingModeType ClippingMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ClippingModeType

API Level: 3

ColumnSpan

The number of columns this child occupies, if not set, the default value is 1.

Declaration

public float ColumnSpan { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

API Level: 3

CurrentPosition

Retrieves the position of the view.
The coordinates are relative to the view's parent.

Declaration

public Position CurrentPosition { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Position

API Level: 3

CurrentSize

Retrieves the size of the view.
The coordinates are relative to the view's parent.

Declaration

public Size2D CurrentSize { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Size2D

API Level: 3

DownFocusableView

The down focusable view.
This will return null if not set.
This will also return null if the specified down focusable view is not on a window.

Declaration

public View DownFocusableView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
View

API Level: 3

DrawMode

Gets or sets the status of how the view and its children should be drawn.
Not all views are renderable, but DrawMode can be inherited from any view.
If an object is in a 3D layer, it will be depth-tested against other objects in the world, i.e., it may be obscured if other objects are in front.
If DrawMode.Overlay2D is used, the view and its children will be drawn as a 2D overlay.
Overlay views are drawn in a separate pass, after all non-overlay views within the layer.
For overlay views, the drawing order is with respect to tree levels of views, and depth-testing will not be used.

Declaration

public DrawModeType DrawMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DrawModeType

API Level: 3

Flex

The Child property of FlexContainer.
The proportion of the free space in the container, the flex item will receive.
If all items in the container set this property, their sizes will be proportional to the specified flex factor.

Declaration

public float Flex { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

API Level: 3

FlexMargin

The Child property of FlexContainer.
The space around the flex item.

Declaration

public Vector4 FlexMargin { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector4

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.FlexMargin.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

Focusable

Whether the view should be focusable by keyboard navigation.

Declaration

public bool Focusable { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

HeightForWidth

Gets or sets the status of whether the height size is dependent on the width size.

Declaration

public bool HeightForWidth { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

HeightResizePolicy

Gets or sets the height resize policy to be used.

Declaration

public ResizePolicyType HeightResizePolicy { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ResizePolicyType

API Level: 3

HeightSpecification

The required policy for this dimension, LayoutParamPolicies enum or exact value.

Declaration

public int HeightSpecification { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

API Level: 6

HierarchyDepth

Gets the depth in the hierarchy for the view.

Declaration

public int HierarchyDepth { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

API Level: 3

ID

Gets the view's ID. Readonly

Declaration

public uint ID { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
UInt32

API Level: 3

InheritLayoutDirection

Gets/Sets whether inherit parent's the layout Direction.

Declaration

public bool InheritLayoutDirection { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 4

InheritOrientation

Gets or sets the status of whether a child view inherits it's parent's orientation.

Declaration

public bool InheritOrientation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

InheritPosition

Gets or sets whether a child view inherits it's parent's position.
Default is to inherit.
Switching this off means that using position sets the view's world position, i.e., translates from the world origin (0,0,0) to the pivot point of the view.

Declaration

public bool InheritPosition { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

InheritScale

Gets or sets the status of whether a child view inherits it's parent's scale.

Declaration

public bool InheritScale { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

IsOnWindow

Queries whether the view is connected to the stage.
When a view is connected, it will be directly or indirectly parented to the root view.

Declaration

public bool IsOnWindow { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

Layout

Set the layout on this View. Replaces any existing Layout.

Declaration

public LayoutItem Layout { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
LayoutItem

API Level: 6

LayoutDirection

Gets/Sets the layout Direction.

Declaration

public ViewLayoutDirectionType LayoutDirection { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ViewLayoutDirectionType

API Level: 4

LayoutTransition

Set a layout transitions for this View.

Declaration

public LayoutTransition LayoutTransition { set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
LayoutTransition

Remarks

Use LayoutTransitions to receive a collection of LayoutTransitions set on the View.

API Level: 6

LayoutTransitions

Gets the List of transitions for this View.

Declaration

public Dictionary<TransitionCondition, TransitionList> LayoutTransitions { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Dictionary<TransitionCondition, TransitionList>

API Level: 6

LeaveRequired

Gets or sets the status of whether the view should receive a notification when touch or hover motion events leave the boundary of the view.

Declaration

public bool LeaveRequired { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

LeftFocusableView

The left focusable view.
This will return null if not set.
This will also return null if the specified left focusable view is not on a window.

Declaration

public View LeftFocusableView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
View

API Level: 3

Margin

Gets or sets the Margin for use in layout.

Declaration

public Extents Margin { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Extents

Remarks

Margin property is supported by Layout algorithms and containers. Please Set Layout if you want to use Margin property. The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.Margin.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 4

MaximumSize

Gets or sets the maximum size the view can be assigned in size negotiation.

Declaration

public Size2D MaximumSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Size2D

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.MaximumSize.Width = 1;) is possible.

API Level: 3

MinimumSize

Gets or sets the minimum size the view can be assigned in size negotiation.

Declaration

public Size2D MinimumSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Size2D

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.MinimumSize.Width = 1;) is possible.

API Level: 3

Name

Gets or sets the view's name.

Declaration

public string Name { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

API Level: 3

NaturalSize

Returns the natural size of the view.

Declaration

public Vector3 NaturalSize { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector3

Remarks

Deriving classes stipulate the natural size and by default a view has a zero natural size.

API Level: 5

NaturalSize2D

Returns the natural size (Size2D) of the view.

Declaration

public Size2D NaturalSize2D { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Size2D

Remarks

Deriving classes stipulate the natural size and by default a view has a zero natural size.

API Level: 4

Opacity

Retrieves and sets the view's opacity.

Declaration

public float Opacity { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

Orientation

Gets or sets the orientation of the view.
The view's orientation is the rotation from its default orientation, and the rotation is centered around its anchor-point.

Declaration

public Rotation Orientation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Rotation

Remarks

This is an asynchronous method.

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

Padding

Gets or sets the padding for use in layout.

Declaration

public Extents Padding { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Extents

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.Padding.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 5

ParentOrigin

Gets or sets the origin of a view within its parent's area.
This is expressed in unit coordinates, such that (0.0, 0.0, 0.5) is the top-left corner of the parent, and (1.0, 1.0, 0.5) is the bottom-right corner.
The default parent-origin is ParentOrigin.TopLeft (0.0, 0.0, 0.5).
A view's position is the distance between this origin and the view's anchor-point.

Declaration

public Position ParentOrigin { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Position

API Level: 3

Precondition: The view has been initialized.

PivotPoint

Gets or sets the anchor-point of a view.
This is expressed in unit coordinates, such that (0.0, 0.0, 0.5) is the top-left corner of the view, and (1.0, 1.0, 0.5) is the bottom-right corner.
The default pivot point is PivotPoint.Center (0.5, 0.5, 0.5).
A view position is the distance between its parent-origin and this anchor-point.
A view's orientation is the rotation from its default orientation, the rotation is centered around its anchor-point.

The view has been initialized.

Declaration

public Position PivotPoint { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Position

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.PivotPoint.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

Position

Gets or sets the position of the view.
By default, sets the position vector between the parent origin and pivot point (default).
If the position inheritance is disabled, sets the world position.

Declaration

public Position Position { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Position

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.Position.X = 1.0f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

Position2D

Sets the position of the view for X and Y.
By default, sets the position vector between the parent origin and the pivot point (default).
If the position inheritance is disabled, sets the world position.

Declaration

public Position2D Position2D { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Position2D

Remarks

This NUI object (Position2D) typed property can be configured by multiple cascade setting.
For example, this code ( view.Position2D.X = 100; view.Position2D.Y = 100; ) is equivalent to this ( view.Position2D = new Position2D(100, 100); ).

API Level: 3

PositionUsesPivotPoint

Determines whether the pivot point should be used to determine the position of the view. This is true by default.

Declaration

public bool PositionUsesPivotPoint { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

Remarks

If false, then the top-left of the view is used for the position. Setting this to false will allow scaling or rotation around the pivot point without affecting the view's position.

API Level: 3

PositionX

Gets or sets the position X of the view.

Declaration

public float PositionX { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

PositionY

Gets or sets the position Y of the view.

Declaration

public float PositionY { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

PositionZ

Gets or sets the position Z of the view.

Declaration

public float PositionZ { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

RendererCount

Gets the number of renderers held by the view.

Declaration

public uint RendererCount { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
UInt32

API Level: 3

RightFocusableView

The right focusable view.
This will return null if not set.
This will also return null if the specified right focusable view is not on a window.

Declaration

public View RightFocusableView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
View

API Level: 3

RowSpan

The number of rows this child occupies, if not set, the default value is 1.

Declaration

public float RowSpan { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

API Level: 3

Scale

Gets or sets the scale factor applied to the view.

Declaration

public Vector3 Scale { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector3

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.Scale.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

ScaleX

Gets or sets the scale X factor applied to the view.

Declaration

public float ScaleX { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

ScaleY

Gets or sets the scale Y factor applied to the view.

Declaration

public float ScaleY { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

ScaleZ

Gets or sets the scale Z factor applied to the view.

Declaration

public float ScaleZ { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

ScreenPosition

Retrieves the screen postion of the view.

Declaration

public Vector2 ScreenPosition { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector2

API Level: 3

Sensitive

Gets or sets the status of whether the view should emit touch or hover signals.

Declaration

public bool Sensitive { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

SiblingOrder

Sets the sibling order of the view so the depth position can be defined within the same parent.

Declaration

public int SiblingOrder { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

Remarks

Note the initial value is 0. SiblingOrder should be bigger than 0 or equal to 0. Raise, Lower, RaiseToTop, LowerToBottom, RaiseAbove, and LowerBelow will override the sibling order. The values set by this property will likely change.

API Level: 3

Size

Sets the size of a view for the width, the height and the depth.
Geometry can be scaled to fit within this area.
This does not interfere with the view's scale factor.
The views default depth is the minimum of width and height.

Declaration

public Size Size { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Size

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.Size.Width = 1.0f;) is possible.

API Level: 5

Size2D

Sets the size of a view for the width and the height.
Geometry can be scaled to fit within this area.
This does not interfere with the view's scale factor.
The views default depth is the minimum of width and height.

Declaration

public Size2D Size2D { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Size2D

Remarks

This NUI object (Size2D) typed property can be configured by multiple cascade setting.
For example, this code ( view.Size2D.Width = 100; view.Size2D.Height = 100; ) is equivalent to this ( view.Size2D = new Size2D(100, 100); ).

API Level: 3

SizeHeight

Gets or sets the size height of the view.

Declaration

public float SizeHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

SizeModeFactor

Gets or sets the relative to parent size factor of the view.
This factor is only used when ResizePolicyType is set to either: ResizePolicyType.SizeRelativeToParent or ResizePolicyType.SizeFixedOffsetFromParent.
This view's size is set to the view's size multiplied by or added to this factor, depending on ResizePolicyType.

Declaration

public Vector3 SizeModeFactor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector3

Remarks

The property cascade chaining set is possible. For example, this (view.DecorationBoundingBox.X = 0.1f;) is possible.

API Level: 3

SizeScalePolicy

Gets or sets the policy to use when setting size with size negotiation.
Defaults to SizeScalePolicyType.UseSizeSet.

Declaration

public SizeScalePolicyType SizeScalePolicy { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
SizeScalePolicyType

API Level: 3

SizeWidth

Gets or sets the size width of the view.

Declaration

public float SizeWidth { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

Remarks

Animatable - This property can be animated using Animation class.

API Level: 3

State

The current state of the view.

Declaration

public View.States State { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
View.States

API Level: 3

StyleName

The StyleName, type string.

Declaration

public string StyleName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

API Level: 3

SubState

The current sub state of the view.

Declaration

public View.States SubState { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
View.States

API Level: 3

Tooltip

Displays a tooltip

Declaration

public PropertyMap Tooltip { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PropertyMap

API Level: 3

TooltipText

Displays a tooltip as a text.

Declaration

public string TooltipText { set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

API Level: 3

UpFocusableView

The up focusable view.
This will return null if not set.
This will also return null if the specified up focusable view is not on a window.

Declaration

public View UpFocusableView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
View

API Level: 3

Visibility

Retrieves the visibility flag of the view.

Declaration

public bool Visibility { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

Remarks

If the view is not visible, then the view and its children will not be rendered. This is regardless of the individual visibility values of the children, i.e., the view will only be rendered if all of its parents have visibility set to true.

API Level: 3

Weight

The weight of the View, used to share available space in a layout with siblings.

Declaration

public float Weight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Single

API Level: 6

WidthForHeight

Gets or sets the status of whether the width size is dependent on the height size.

Declaration

public bool WidthForHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

API Level: 3

WidthResizePolicy

Gets or sets the width resize policy to be used.

Declaration

public ResizePolicyType WidthResizePolicy { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ResizePolicyType

API Level: 3

WidthSpecification

The required policy for this dimension, LayoutParamPolicies enum or exact value.

Declaration

public int WidthSpecification { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

API Level: 6

WorldColor

Gets the view's world color.

Declaration

public Vector4 WorldColor { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector4

API Level: 3

WorldOrientation

Gets or sets the world orientation of the view.

Declaration

public Rotation WorldOrientation { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Rotation

API Level: 3

WorldPosition

Gets or sets the world position of the view.

Declaration

public Vector3 WorldPosition { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector3

API Level: 3

WorldScale

Gets the world scale of the view.

Declaration

public Vector3 WorldScale { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Vector3

API Level: 3

Methods

Add(View)

Adds a child view to this view.

Declaration

public override void Add(View child)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
View	child

Overrides

Container.Add(View)

See Also

Add(View)

API Level: 4

AddRenderer(Renderer)

Declaration

public uint AddRenderer(Renderer renderer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Renderer	renderer

Returns

Type	Description
UInt32

API Level: 3

AnimateBackgroundColor(Object, Int32, Int32, Nullable<AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions>, Object)

Creates an animation to animate the background color visual. If there is no background visual, creates one with transparent black as it's mixColor.

Declaration

public Animation AnimateBackgroundColor(object destinationValue, int startTime, int endTime, AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions? alphaFunction = default(AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions? ), object initialValue = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	destinationValue
Int32	startTime
Int32	endTime
Nullable<AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions>	alphaFunction
Object	initialValue

Returns

Type	Description
Animation

API Level: 3

AnimateColor(String, Object, Int32, Int32, Nullable<AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions>, Object)

Creates an animation to animate the mixColor of the named visual.

Declaration

public Animation AnimateColor(string targetVisual, object destinationColor, int startTime, int endTime, AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions? alphaFunction = default(AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions? ), object initialColor = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	targetVisual
Object	destinationColor
Int32	startTime
Int32	endTime
Nullable<AlphaFunction.BuiltinFunctions>	alphaFunction
Object	initialColor

Returns

Type	Description
Animation

API Level: 3

ClearBackground()

Clears the background.

Declaration

public void ClearBackground()

API Level: 3

Dispose(DisposeTypes)

you can override it to clean-up your own resources.

Declaration

protected override void Dispose(DisposeTypes type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DisposeTypes	type	DisposeTypes

Overrides

Container.Dispose(DisposeTypes)

API Level: 3

DoAction(Int32, Int32, PropertyValue)

Perform an action on a visual registered to this view.
Visuals will have actions. This API is used to perform one of these actions with the given attributes.

Declaration

public void DoAction(int propertyIndexOfVisual, int propertyIndexOfActionId, PropertyValue attributes)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	propertyIndexOfVisual	The Property index of the visual.
Int32	propertyIndexOfActionId	The action to perform. See Visual to find the supported actions.
PropertyValue	attributes	Optional attributes for the action.

API Level: 5

FindChildByName(String)

Search through this view's hierarchy for a view with the given name. The view itself is also considered in the search.

Declaration

public View FindChildByName(string viewName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	viewName	The name of the view to find.

Returns

Type	Description
View	A handle to the view if found, or an empty handle if not.

API Level: 3

Precondition: The view has been initialized.

GetChildAt(UInt32)

Retrieves a child view by index.

Declaration

public override View GetChildAt(uint index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UInt32	index

Returns

Type	Description
View

Overrides

Container.GetChildAt(UInt32)

See Also

GetChildAt(UInt32)

API Level: 4

GetChildCount()

Retrieves the number of children held by the view.

Declaration

public override uint GetChildCount()

Returns

Type	Description
UInt32

Overrides

Container.GetChildCount()

See Also

GetChildCount()

API Level: 4

GetHeightForWidth(Single)

Calculates the height of the view given a width.
The natural size is used for default calculation.
Size 0 is treated as aspect ratio 1:1.

Declaration

public float GetHeightForWidth(float width)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Single	width	The width to use.

Returns

Type	Description
Single	The height based on the width.

API Level: 3

GetLayer()

Gets the parent layer of this view.If a view has no parent, this method does not do anything.

Declaration

public Layer GetLayer()

Returns

Type	Description
Layer	The parent layer of view

API Level: 5

Precondition: The view has been initialized.

GetPadding(PaddingType)

Return the value of padding for the view.

Declaration

public void GetPadding(PaddingType paddingOut)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PaddingType	paddingOut	the value of padding for the view

API Level: 3

GetParent()

Gets the views parent.

Declaration

public override Container GetParent()

Returns

Type	Description
Container

Overrides

Container.GetParent()

See Also

GetParent()

API Level: 4

GetRelayoutSize(DimensionType)

Return the amount of size allocated for relayout.

Declaration

public float GetRelayoutSize(DimensionType dimension)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DimensionType	dimension	The dimension to retrieve.

Returns

Type	Description
Single	Return the size.

API Level: 3

GetRendererAt(UInt32)

Declaration

public Renderer GetRendererAt(uint index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UInt32	index

Returns

Type	Description
Renderer

API Level: 3

GetStyleName()

Retrieves the name of the style to be applied to the view (if any).

Declaration

public string GetStyleName()

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string matching a style, or an empty string.

API Level: 3

GetWidthForHeight(Single)

Calculates the width of the view given a height.
The natural size is used for default calculation.
Size 0 is treated as aspect ratio 1:1.

Declaration

public float GetWidthForHeight(float height)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Single	height	The height to use.

Returns

Type	Description
Single	The width based on the height.

API Level: 3

HasFocus()

Queries whether the view has a focus.

Declaration

public bool HasFocus()

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if this view has a focus.

API Level: 3

Hide()

Hides the view.

Declaration

public void Hide()

Remarks

This is an asynchronous method. If the view is hidden, then the view and its children will not be rendered. This is regardless of the individual visibility of the children, i.e., the view will only be rendered if all of its parents are shown.

API Level: 3

IsResourceReady()

Queries if all resources required by a view are loaded and ready.

Declaration

public bool IsResourceReady()

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean

Remarks

Most resources are only loaded when the control is placed on the stage.

API Level: 3

LowerToBottom()

Lowers the view to the bottom of all views.

Declaration

public void LowerToBottom()

Remarks

The sibling order of views within the parent will be updated automatically. Once a raise or lower API is used that view will then have an exclusive sibling order independent of insertion.

API Level: 3

RaiseToTop()

Raises the view above all other views.

Declaration

public void RaiseToTop()

Remarks

Sibling order of views within the parent will be updated automatically. Once a raise or lower API is used, that view will then have an exclusive sibling order independent of insertion.

API Level: 3

Remove(View)

Removes a child view from this View. If the view was not a child of this view, this is a no-op.

Declaration

public override void Remove(View child)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
View	child

Overrides

Container.Remove(View)

See Also

Remove(View)

API Level: 4

RemoveRenderer(UInt32)

Declaration

public void RemoveRenderer(uint index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UInt32	index

API Level: 3

RemoveRenderer(Renderer)

Declaration

public void RemoveRenderer(Renderer renderer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Renderer	renderer

API Level: 3

ScreenToLocal(out Single, out Single, Single, Single)

Converts screen coordinates into the view's coordinate system using the default camera.

Declaration

public bool ScreenToLocal(out float localX, out float localY, float screenX, float screenY)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Single	localX	On return, the X-coordinate relative to the view.
Single	localY	On return, the Y-coordinate relative to the view.
Single	screenX	The screen X-coordinate.
Single	screenY	The screen Y-coordinate.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the conversion succeeded.

Remarks

The view coordinates are relative to the top-left(0.0, 0.0, 0.5).

API Level: 3

Precondition: The view has been initialized.

SetPadding(PaddingType)

Set the padding for the view.

Declaration

public void SetPadding(PaddingType padding)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PaddingType	padding	Padding for the view.

API Level: 3

SetSizeModeFactor(Vector3)

Sets the relative to parent size factor of the view.
This factor is only used when ResizePolicy is set to either: ResizePolicy::SIZE_RELATIVE_TO_PARENT or ResizePolicy::SIZE_FIXED_OFFSET_FROM_PARENT.
This view's size is set to the view's size multiplied by or added to this factor, depending on ResizePolicy.

Declaration

public void SetSizeModeFactor(Vector3 factor)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Vector3	factor	A Vector3 representing the relative factor to be applied to each axis.

API Level: 3

Precondition: The view has been initialized.

SetStyleName(String)

Sets the name of the style to be applied to the view.

Declaration

public void SetStyleName(string styleName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	styleName	A string matching a style described in a stylesheet.

API Level: 3

Show()

Shows the view.

Declaration

public void Show()

Remarks

This is an asynchronous method.

API Level: 3

Unparent()

Removes a view from its parent view or layer. If a view has no parent, this method does nothing.

Declaration

public void Unparent()

API Level: 4

Precondition: The (child) view has been initialized.

Events

AddedToWindow

An event for the OnWindow signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler.
The OnWindow signal is emitted after the view has been connected to the window.

Declaration

public event EventHandler AddedToWindow

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler

API Level: 3

ChildAdded

Event when a child is added.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<View.ChildAddedEventArgs> ChildAdded

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<View.ChildAddedEventArgs>

API Level: 5

ChildRemoved

Event when a child is removed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<View.ChildRemovedEventArgs> ChildRemoved

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<View.ChildRemovedEventArgs>

API Level: 5

FocusGained

An event for the KeyInputFocusGained signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
The KeyInputFocusGained signal is emitted when the control gets the key input focus.

Declaration

public event EventHandler FocusGained

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler

API Level: 3

FocusLost

An event for the KeyInputFocusLost signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
The KeyInputFocusLost signal is emitted when the control loses the key input focus.

Declaration

public event EventHandler FocusLost

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler

API Level: 3

HoverEvent

An event for the hovered signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
The hovered signal is emitted when the hover input is received.

Declaration

public event EventHandlerWithReturnType<object, View.HoverEventArgs, bool> HoverEvent

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandlerWithReturnType<Object, View.HoverEventArgs, Boolean>

API Level: 3

KeyEvent

An event for the KeyPressed signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
The KeyPressed signal is emitted when the key event is received.

Declaration

public event EventHandlerWithReturnType<object, View.KeyEventArgs, bool> KeyEvent

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandlerWithReturnType<Object, View.KeyEventArgs, Boolean>

API Level: 3

LayoutDirectionChanged

Event for layout direction change which can be used to subscribe/unsubscribe the event handler.
This signal is emitted when the layout direction property of this or a parent view is changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<View.LayoutDirectionChangedEventArgs> LayoutDirectionChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<View.LayoutDirectionChangedEventArgs>

API Level: 4

Relayout

An event for the OnRelayout signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler.
The OnRelayout signal is emitted after the size has been set on the view during relayout.

Declaration

public event EventHandler Relayout

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler

API Level: 3

RemovedFromWindow

An event for the OffWindow signal, which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler.
OffWindow signal is emitted after the view has been disconnected from the window.

Declaration

public event EventHandler RemovedFromWindow

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler

API Level: 3

ResourcesLoaded

An event for the ResourcesLoadedSignal signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
This signal is emitted after all resources required by a view are loaded and ready.

Declaration

public event EventHandler ResourcesLoaded

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler

API Level: 3

TouchEvent

An event for the touched signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
The touched signal is emitted when the touch input is received.

Declaration

public event EventHandlerWithReturnType<object, View.TouchEventArgs, bool> TouchEvent

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandlerWithReturnType<Object, View.TouchEventArgs, Boolean>

API Level: 3

VisibilityChanged

An event for visibility change which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler.
This signal is emitted when the visible property of this or a parent view is changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<View.VisibilityChangedEventArgs> VisibilityChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandler<View.VisibilityChangedEventArgs>

API Level: 3

WheelEvent

An event for the WheelMoved signal which can be used to subscribe or unsubscribe the event handler provided by the user.
The WheelMoved signal is emitted when the wheel event is received.

Declaration

public event EventHandlerWithReturnType<object, View.WheelEventArgs, bool> WheelEvent

Event Type

Type	Description
EventHandlerWithReturnType<Object, View.WheelEventArgs, Boolean>

API Level: 3

Implements

System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged

System.IDisposable