Question

I have created a simple WPF test program, based on what Visual Studio gives me when I add a UserControl1.xaml to my project. In XAML it appears that the blank “background canvas” is of type Grid.

When I create an instance of UserControl1, is there any possibility to programmatically access the underlying Grid instance (so I can change the background color)?

Answer 1

Give the grid a name:

<UserControl>
    <Grid x:Name="YourFancyGrid">
          <!-- Grid stuff -->
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Then you can access it from the C# side:

YourFancyGrid.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);