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title: "Element Tree and Serialization How-to Topics"
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# Element Tree and Serialization How-to Topics
The topics in this section describe how to use the WPF element tree.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Find an Element by Its Name](how-to-find-an-element-by-its-name.md)  
 [Override the Logical Tree](how-to-override-the-logical-tree.md)  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.LogicalTreeHelper>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Media.VisualTreeHelper>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Markup>  
  
## Related Sections