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title: "Visual Layer Programming How-to Topics"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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  - "rendering support with Visual objects [WPF]"
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# Visual Layer Programming How-to Topics
The topics in this section demonstrate how to use the visual layer for hit-testing and low-level composition.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Get the Offset of a Visual](how-to-get-the-offset-of-a-visual.md)  
 [Enumerate Drawing Content of a Visual](how-to-enumerate-drawing-content-of-a-visual.md)  
 [Hit Test Geometry in a Visual](how-to-hit-test-geometry-in-a-visual.md)  
 [Hit Test Using Geometry as a Parameter](how-to-hit-test-using-geometry-as-a-parameter.md)  
 [Hit Test Using a Win32 Host Container](how-to-hit-test-using-a-win32-host-container.md)  
 [Render on a Per Frame Interval Using CompositionTarget](how-to-render-on-a-per-frame-interval-using-compositiontarget.md)  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Media.Visual>
- <xref:System.Windows.Media.VisualTreeHelper>
- <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingVisual>
- [WPF Graphics Rendering Overview](wpf-graphics-rendering-overview.md)
- [Graphics and Multimedia](index.md)