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title: "How to: Draw a Closed Shape by Using the Polygon Element"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords:
- "graphics [WPF], Polygon elements"
- "closed shapes [WPF], drawing with Polygon elements"
- "Polygon elements [WPF]"
- "drawing [WPF], closed shapes with Polygon elements"
ms.assetid: 4b0ca008-29ce-48dd-8bc3-f3a20ffca6a6
---
# How to: Draw a Closed Shape by Using the Polygon Element
This example shows how to draw a closed shape by using the <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Polygon> element. To draw a closed shape, create a <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Polygon> element and use its <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Polygon.Points%2A> property to specify the vertices of a shape. A line is automatically drawn that connects the first and last points. Finally, specify a <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Shape.Fill%2A>, a <xref:System.Windows.Shapes.Shape.Stroke%2A>, or both.
## Example
In [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tlasharptla-xaml-md.md)], valid syntax for points is a space-delimited list of comma-separated x- and y-coordinate pairs.
[!code-xaml[drawingwithshapeelements#PolygonExample1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DrawingWithShapeElements/CS/polygonexample.xaml#polygonexample1)]
Although the example uses a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.Canvas> to contain the polygons, you can use polygon elements (and all the other shape elements) with any <xref:System.Windows.Controls.Panel> or <xref:System.Windows.Controls.Control> that supports non-text content.
This example is part of a larger sample; for the complete sample, see [Shape Elements Sample](https://github.com/Microsoft/WPF-Samples/tree/master/Graphics/ShapeElements).