ContentControl Content Model Overview

This content model overview describes the supported content for a ContentControl. The Button class is a type of ContentControl.

A ContentControl has a content property:

• Content

This topic contains the following sections.

• Using the Content Property
• Types that Share this Content Model
• Types that Can Contain ContentControl Objects
• Related Topics

A ContentControl's Content property is typically used to specify the information that appears inside a control when it is rendered. For example, a Button's content is the text, image or other element that appears inside the button when it is displayed.

The Content property supports both text and UIElement content.

The Content property accepts text. The following example shows how to add text content to a control.

<Button>Some content</Button>

Button btn = new Button();
btn.Content = "Some text content";

The Content property can also accept a single UIElement as its content. The following example shows how to add a UIElement to a control.

<Button>
  <Image Source="Images\fish.png" Width="16" Height="16"/>
</Button>

Button btn2 = new Button();
Image myImage3 = new Image();
myImage3.Width = 16;
myImage3.Height = 16;
BitmapImage myBitmapImage3 = new BitmapImage();
myBitmapImage3.BeginInit();
myBitmapImage3.UriSource = new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/images/fish.png");
myBitmapImage3.EndInit();
myImage3.Source = myBitmapImage3;
btn2.Content = myImage3;

There are a wide variety of UIElement types that can be used as content, including those that belong to the following type families.

• Adorner Types

• ContentControl Types

• Decorator Types

• HeaderedContentControl Types

• HeaderedItemsControl Types

• ItemsControl Types

• Panel Types

• Shape Types

See ContentControl Types for a list of types that use this content model.

The ContentControl class can be used as content for the following types.

• Adorner Types

• ContentControl Types

• Decorator Types

• HeaderedContentControl Types

• HeaderedItemsControl Types

• ItemsControl Types

• Panel Types

Note that this list only includes types distributed with Windows SDK.

ContentControl Types
HeaderedContentControl Content Model Overview