---
title: "How to: Find an Element by Its Name"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "elements [WPF], finding by name"
ms.assetid: cfa7cf35-8aa2-4060-9454-872ed4af3f0e
---
# How to: Find an Element by Its Name
This example describes how to use the <xref:System.Windows.FrameworkElement.FindName%2A> method to find an element by its <xref:System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Name%2A> value.  
  
## Example  
 In this example, the method to find a particular element by its name is written as the event handler of a button. `stackPanel` is the <xref:System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Name%2A> of the root <xref:System.Windows.FrameworkElement> being searched, and the example method then visually indicates the found element by casting it as <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock> and changing one of the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock> visible [!INCLUDE[TLA2#tla_ui](../../../includes/tla2sharptla-ui-md.md)] properties.  
  
 [!code-csharp[FEFindName#Find](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/FEFindName/CSharp/default.xaml.cs#find)]
 [!code-vb[FEFindName#Find](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/FEFindName/VisualBasic/default.xaml.vb#find)]