multiple text box overlays

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I am creating multiple text boxes based of the active elements overlay example like this

var textBlock3 = new TextBlock()
{
    Text = text,
    IsHitTestVisible = false // this will ensure that the text will not capture any mouse events
};
 
Canvas.SetLeft(textBlock3, initialX + (2 * offsetX));
Canvas.SetTop(textBlock3, initialY + (2 * offsetY));

i have about 20-30 of these boxes to make, when i call them into the method I have to list them all like this

imageViewerAddOn.ActiveElementsOverlayAdd(new List<FrameworkElement> { textBlock, textBlock2, textBlock3 }, new ActiveElementsOverlayRenderParameters() { FollowDigitalZoom = false, ShowAlways = true, ZOrder = 1 });

was wondeirng if there is an easier way to do this that is less messy.

For context, I am trying to overlay the screen with the current logged in users username and it has been requesed that it is repeated across the screen evenly spaced.

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At the risk of oversimplifying this you could simply build the list in some kind of loop. Create an array, list, or collection of TextBlock objects and then transform this into a list of FrameworkElement.

var list = new List<FrameworkElement>();
foreach (..)
{
    list.Add(..);
}
imageViewerAddOn.ActiveElementsOverlayAdd(list, ..

Whether this is useful or you needed more solid or creative advise I hope my answer might be a help..

3

No, of course you can do this.

I had such a narrow view of what i was trying to do i didnt see that I could just construct the list sperately and pass it directly.

Thanks