Find WPF control by Name

Question

I\'m after some help finding the best way to refer to controls that have been programmtically built in C#

If I pre include a label in XAML and name it marketIn

Answer 1

There's at least two ways to do that:

• Use the FindName method of the parent container to find the control (but it'll internally involve looping, like the visualtreehelper)

• Create a dictionary to store a reference for each control you create

  var controls = new Dictionary<string, FrameworkElement>();
  controls.Add("_marketInfo5", lbl);
  

  Then you can do:

  controls["_marketInfo5"].Tag = timeNow;
  

Answer 2

You can use XamlQuery for finding your controls at run-time.XamlQuery In CodePlex

XamlQuery.Search(RegisterGrid, "Label[Name=_marketInfo5]").SetValue(Control.TagProperty, timeNow);