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---
title: Descendants (XElement dynamic property)
ms.date: 10/22/2019
ms.topic: reference
---
# Descendants (XElement dynamic property)
Gets an indexer used to retrieve all the descendant elements of the current element that match the specified expanded name.
## Syntax
```xaml
elem.Descendants[{namespaceName}localName]
```
## Property value/return value
An indexer of the type `IEnumerable<XElement> Item(String expandedName)`. This indexer takes the expanded name of the specified descendant elements and returns the matching child elements in an <xref:System.Collections.IEnumerable>`<`<xref:System.Xml.Linq.XElement>`>` collection.
## Remarks
This property is equivalent to the <xref:System.Xml.Linq.XContainer.Descendants(System.Xml.Linq.XName)?displayProperty=fullName> method of the <xref:System.Xml.Linq.XContainer> class.
The elements in the returned collection are in XML source document order.
This property uses deferred execution.
## See also
- [XElement class dynamic properties](attribute-xelement-dynamic-property.md)
- [Elements](elements-xelement-dynamic-property.md)