Visual.FindCommonVisualAncestor(DependencyObject) Method

Definition

Namespace:
System.Windows.Media
Assembly:
PresentationCore.dll

Returns the common ancestor of two visual objects.

public:
 System::Windows::DependencyObject ^ FindCommonVisualAncestor(System::Windows::DependencyObject ^ otherVisual);
public System.Windows.DependencyObject FindCommonVisualAncestor (System.Windows.DependencyObject otherVisual);
member this.FindCommonVisualAncestor : System.Windows.DependencyObject -> System.Windows.DependencyObject
Public Function FindCommonVisualAncestor (otherVisual As DependencyObject) As DependencyObject

Parameters

otherVisual
DependencyObject

A visual object of type DependencyObject.

Returns

DependencyObject

The common ancestor of the visual object and otherVisual if one exists; otherwise, null.

Remarks

2D and 3D objects can have common visual ancestors, so it is possible to pass a Visual3D for otherVisual.

Applies to