ControlNode Class

ControlNode is an adapter class that allows using any WPF control as a diagram node.

Namespace: MindFusion.Diagramming.Wpf
Assembly: MindFusion.Diagramming.Wpf

 Syntax

C#

public class ControlNode : DiagramNode

Visual Basic

Public Class ControlNode
    Inherits DiagramNode

 Remarks

ControlNode objects are nodes that can host any WPF UIElements, such as custom controls. The hosted element can be get or set using the Control property. When saving the parent diagram into a file, hosted elements are automatically serialized by means of the XamlWriter and XamlReader WPF classes. To implement custom serialization, handle the SerializeControl and DeserializeControl events.

The adapter node can either try to set its Bounds value as a size of the hosted element, or it can auto-size to the desired size of the element. This is specified via the SizeSyncMode property.

If the hosted control is interactive, you can specify that it should process mouse input instead of the Diagram control by setting MouseInputMode.

 Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
    System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
        System.Windows.DependencyObject
            System.Windows.Media.Visual
                System.Windows.UIElement
                    System.Windows.FrameworkElement
                        MindFusion.Diagramming.Wpf.DiagramItem
                            MindFusion.Diagramming.Wpf.DiagramNode
                                MindFusion.Diagramming.Wpf.ControlNode