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title: "TextElement Content Model Overview"
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ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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ms.topic: overview
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dev_langs:
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- "csharp"
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- "vb"
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helpviewer_keywords:
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- "documents [WPF], flow documents"
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- "TextElement content model [WPF]"
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- "flow content elements [WPF], TextElement content model"
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ms.assetid: d0a7791c-b090-438c-812f-b9d009d83ee9
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---
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# TextElement Content Model Overview
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This content model overview describes the supported content for a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement>. The <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph> class is a type of <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement>. A content model describes what objects/elements can be contained in others. This overview summarizes the content model used for objects derived from <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement>. For more information, see [Flow Document Overview](flow-document-overview.md).
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<a name="text_element_classes"></a>
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## Content Model Diagram
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The following diagram summarizes the content model for classes derived from <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement> as well as how other non- `TextElement` classes fit into this model.
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As can be seen from the preceding diagram, the children allowed for an element are not necessarily determined by whether a class is derived from the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block> class or an <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> class. For example, a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span> (an <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline>-derived class) can only have <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> child elements, but a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Figure> (also an <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline>-derived class) can only have <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block> child elements. Therefore, a diagram is useful for quickly determining what element can be contained in another. As an example, let's use the diagram to determine how to construct the flow content of a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox>.
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1. A <xref:System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox> must contain a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.FlowDocument> which in turn must contain a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block>-derived object. The following is the corresponding segment from the preceding diagram.
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Thus far, this is what the markup might look like.
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[!code-xaml[FlowOvwSnippets_snip#SchemaWalkThrough1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/FlowOvwSnippets_snip/CS/MiscSnippets.xaml#schemawalkthrough1)]
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2. According to the diagram, there are several <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block> elements to choose from including <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Section>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Table>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.List>, and <xref:System.Windows.Documents.BlockUIContainer> (see Block-derived classes in the preceding diagram). Let's say we want a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Table>. According to the preceding diagram, a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Table> contains a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TableRowGroup> containing <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TableRow> elements, which contain <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TableCell> elements which contain a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block>-derived object. The following is the corresponding segment for <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Table> taken from the preceding diagram.
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The following is the corresponding markup.
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[!code-xaml[FlowOvwSnippets_snip#SchemaWalkThrough2](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/FlowOvwSnippets_snip/CS/MiscSnippets.xaml#schemawalkthrough2)]
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3. Again, one or more <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block> elements are required underneath a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TableCell>. To make it simple, let's place some text inside the cell. We can do this using a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph> with a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Run> element. The following is the corresponding segments from the diagram showing that a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph> can take an <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> element and that a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Run> (an <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> element) can only take plain text.
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The following is the entire example in markup.
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[!code-xaml[FlowOvwSnippets_snip#SchemaExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/FlowOvwSnippets_snip/CS/SchemaExample.xaml#schemaexamplewholepage)]
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<a name="Using_the_Content_Property"></a>
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## Working with TextElement Content Programmatically
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The contents of a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement> is made up by collections and so programmatically manipulating the contents of <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement> objects is done by working with these collections. There are three different collections used by <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement> -derived classes:
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- <xref:System.Windows.Documents.InlineCollection>: Represents a collection of <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> elements. <xref:System.Windows.Documents.InlineCollection> defines the allowable child content of the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span>, and <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock> elements.
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- <xref:System.Windows.Documents.BlockCollection>: Represents a collection of <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Block> elements. <xref:System.Windows.Documents.BlockCollection> defines the allowable child content of the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.FlowDocument>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Section>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.ListItem>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TableCell>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Floater>, and <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Figure> elements.
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- <xref:System.Windows.Documents.ListItemCollection>: A flow content element that represents a particular content item in an ordered or unordered <xref:System.Windows.Documents.List>.
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You can manipulate (add or remove items) from these collections using the respective properties of **Inlines**, **Blocks**, and **ListItems**. The following examples show how to manipulate the contents of a Span using the **Inlines** property.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Table uses several collections to manipulate its contents, but they are not covered here. For more information, see [Table Overview](table-overview.md).
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The following example creates a new <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span> object, and then uses the `Add` method to add two text runs as content children of the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span>.
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[!code-csharp[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesAdd](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_spaninlinesadd)]
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[!code-vb[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesAdd](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/visualbasic/window1.xaml.vb#_spaninlinesadd)]
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The following example creates a new <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Run> element and inserts it at the beginning of the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span>.
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[!code-csharp[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesInsert](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_spaninlinesinsert)]
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[!code-vb[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesInsert](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/visualbasic/window1.xaml.vb#_spaninlinesinsert)]
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The following example deletes the last <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> element in the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span>.
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[!code-csharp[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesRemoveLast](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_spaninlinesremovelast)]
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[!code-vb[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesRemoveLast](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/visualbasic/window1.xaml.vb#_spaninlinesremovelast)]
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The following example clears all of the contents (<xref:System.Windows.Documents.Inline> elements) from the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span>.
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[!code-csharp[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesClear](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_spaninlinesclear)]
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[!code-vb[SpanSnippets#_SpanInlinesClear](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/SpanSnippets/visualbasic/window1.xaml.vb#_spaninlinesclear)]
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<a name="Types_that_Share_this_Content_Model"></a>
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## Types That Share This Content Model
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The following types inherit from the <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement> class and may be used to display the content described in this overview.
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<xref:System.Windows.Documents.Bold>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Figure>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Floater>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Hyperlink>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.InlineUIContainer>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Italic>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.LineBreak>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.List>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.ListItem>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Paragraph>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Run>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Section>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Span>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Table>, <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Underline>.
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Note that this list only includes nonabstract types distributed with the Windows SDK. You may use other types that inherit from <xref:System.Windows.Documents.TextElement>.
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<a name="Types_that_Can_Contain_ContentControl_Objects"></a>
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## Types That Can Contain TextElement Objects
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See [WPF Content Model](../controls/wpf-content-model.md).
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## See also
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- [Manipulate a FlowDocument through the Blocks Property](how-to-manipulate-a-flowdocument-through-the-blocks-property.md)
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- [Manipulate Flow Content Elements through the Blocks Property](how-to-manipulate-flow-content-elements-through-the-blocks-property.md)
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- [Manipulate a FlowDocument through the Blocks Property](how-to-manipulate-a-flowdocument-through-the-blocks-property.md)
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- [Manipulate a Table's Columns through the Columns Property](how-to-manipulate-table-columns-through-the-columns-property.md)
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- [Manipulate a Table's Row Groups through the RowGroups Property](how-to-manipulate-table-row-groups-through-the-rowgroups-property.md)
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