Question

Say I have a control with a label, and I want to be able to reference that label from code-behind. I can accomplish this by giving the label an x:Name:

<UserControl x:Class=...>
    <Label x:Name="someLabel">Foo</Label>
    ....
</UserControl>

Unfortunately, now I can do this in a different class:

`someUserControl.someLabel.Content = ...`

Is there any way to limit access to the Label to the class in which it is defined? I.e., I would still be able to reference it in the UserControl’s code-behind, but nowhere else.

Answer 1

By default they will be internal, and the documentation says you can use the x:FieldModifier attribute to make it public. Regardless of what the docs say, you can do x:FieldModifier="private" for C# to make the field private.