TranslateTransform in WPF

TranslateTransform is used to move an element from one position to other. The X and Y properties are used to move an element towards the x and y axes.

The code listed in Listing creates two rectangles with same position and sizes accept the second rectangle is translated to 50 and 20 pixels towards x and y axes respectively.

<Rectangle.RenderTransform>

</Rectangle.RenderTransform>

</Rectangle>

The output of Listing looks like Figure 1.

Figure 1

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

private void TranslateTransformSample()

{

Rectangle originalRectangle = new Rectangle();

originalRectangle.Width = 200;

originalRectangle.Height = 50;

originalRectangle.Fill = Brushes.Yellow;

LayoutRoot.Children.Add(originalRectangle);

Rectangle movedRectangle = new Rectangle();

movedRectangle.Width = 200;

movedRectangle.Height = 50;

movedRectangle.Fill = Brushes.Blue;

movedRectangle.Opacity = 0.5;

TranslateTransform translateTransform1 = new TranslateTransform(50, 20);

movedRectangle.RenderTransform = translateTransform1;

LayoutRoot.Children.Add(movedRectangle);

}