Properties

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides a set of services that can be used to extend the functionality of a common language runtime (CLR) property. Collectively, these services are typically referred to as the WPF property system. A property that is backed by the WPF property system is known as a dependency property.

In This Section

• Dependency Properties Overview

• Attached Properties Overview

• Dependency Property Callbacks and Validation

• Custom Dependency Properties

• Dependency Property Metadata

• Framework Property Metadata

• Dependency Property Value Precedence

• Read-Only Dependency Properties

• Property Value Inheritance

• Dependency Property Security

• Safe Constructor Patterns for DependencyObjects

• Collection-Type Dependency Properties

• XAML Loading and Dependency Properties

• Properties How-to Topics

Reference

DependencyProperty

PropertyMetadata

FrameworkPropertyMetadata

DependencyObject

Related Sections

• WPF Architecture

• XAML in WPF

• Base Elements

• Element Tree and Serialization

• Events (WPF)

• Input and Commands

• Resources (WPF)

• WPF Content Model

• Threading Model