RotateTransform in WPF

This article demonstrates how to rotate elements and controls in WPF using XAML and C#.

RotateTransform rotates an element clockwise by a specified angle about the point. The RotateTransform object in WPF represents RotateTransform. The Angle property represents the angle in degrees to rotate clockwise. The CenterX and CenterY properties represent the X and Y coordinates of the center point. By default, a ScaleTransform is centered at the point (0,0), which corresponds to the upper-left corner of the rectangle.

 

The code listed in Listing creates two rectangles with same position and sizes accept the second rectangle is rotated at 45 degrees.

 

<Grid>

    <!-- Original Rectangle -->

    <Rectangle Width="200" Height="50" Fill="Yellow"/>          

    <!-- Rectangle with 45 degrees rotation -->

    <Rectangle Width="200" Height="50" Fill="Blue" Opacity="0.5">

        <Rectangle.RenderTransform>

            <RotateTransform CenterX="0" CenterY="0" Angle="45" />

        </Rectangle.RenderTransform>

    </Rectangle>

</Grid>

 

The output of Listing looks like Figure 1.

 

Figure 1

 

The following code snippet changes the values of CenterX and CenterY.

 

<Rectangle Width="200" Height="50" Fill="Blue"  Opacity="0.5" Margin="61,27,117,184">

            <Rectangle.RenderTransform>

                <RotateTransform CenterX="-50" CenterY="50" Angle="45" />

            </Rectangle.RenderTransform>

</Rectangle>

 

The new output of looks like Figure 2 where you can see the center point of second rectangle is shifted from its original position.

 

Figure 2

The code listed in Listing creates a RotateTransform object dynamically and set it as RenderTransform property of a Rectangle. The output looks like Figure .

 

private void RotateTransformSample()

{

    Rectangle originalRectangle = new Rectangle();

    originalRectangle.Width = 200;

    originalRectangle.Height = 50;

    originalRectangle.Fill = Brushes.Yellow;

    LayoutRoot.Children.Add(originalRectangle);

 

    Rectangle rotatedRectangle = new Rectangle();

    rotatedRectangle.Width = 200;

    rotatedRectangle.Height = 50;

    rotatedRectangle.Fill = Brushes.Blue;

    rotatedRectangle.Opacity = 0.5;

    RotateTransform rotateTransform1 = new RotateTransform(45, -50, 50);

    rotatedRectangle.RenderTransform = rotateTransform1;

 

    LayoutRoot.Children.Add(rotatedRectangle);

}