Simple Bouncy-Ball Application

Hello. I'm trying to create a simple application in XAML with a little
circle that follows the mouse cursor around (just to learn). I created
a System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse and I want its location to be whereever
the mouse is. So I figured I could just go:

private void window_mousemove(object sender,
System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs e) {
Ball.Top = e.GetPosition(this).Y;
Ball.Left = e.GetPosition(this).X;
}

Problem is, there's no Top and Left property for Ball
(System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse). There's a Height and Width, but no Top
and Left. There's no Move(x, y) method, or Position property. Surely
I'm missing something.

Thanks!
Ben

Figured it out.... I used: Canvas.SetTop(Ball,e.GetPosition(this).Y);

Odd...

- Ben Friedland

ben174@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello. I'm trying to create a simple application in XAML with a little
> circle that follows the mouse cursor around (just to learn). I created
> a System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse and I want its location to be whereever
> the mouse is. So I figured I could just go:
>
> private void window_mousemove(object sender,
> System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs e) {
> Ball.Top = e.GetPosition(this).Y;
> Ball.Left = e.GetPosition(this).X;
> }
>
> Problem is, there's no Top and Left property for Ball
> (System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse). There's a Height and Width, but no Top
> and Left. There's no Move(x, y) method, or Position property. Surely
> I'm missing something.
>
> Thanks!
> Ben

Alternately, I've you were not using "Canvas" as the layouting
panel/control, you could have used the Margin property, which would
have "offset" the Ellipse by the specified factor...



ben174@gmail.com wrote:
> Figured it out.... I used: Canvas.SetTop(Ball,e.GetPosition(this).Y);
>
> Odd...
>
> - Ben Friedland
>
> ben174@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello. I'm trying to create a simple application in XAML with a little
> > circle that follows the mouse cursor around (just to learn). I created
> > a System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse and I want its location to be whereever
> > the mouse is. So I figured I could just go:
> >
> > private void window_mousemove(object sender,
> > System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs e) {
> > Ball.Top = e.GetPosition(this).Y;
> > Ball.Left = e.GetPosition(this).X;
> > }
> >
> > Problem is, there's no Top and Left property for Ball
> > (System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse). There's a Height and Width, but no Top
> > and Left. There's no Move(x, y) method, or Position property. Surely
> > I'm missing something.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ben