ArcObjects Library Reference (Carto)

IGraphicsContainer Interface

Provides access to members that control the Graphics Container.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

When To Use

Objects which manage a collection of graphic elements implement this interface. For example, the PageLayout, Map, and FDOGraphicsLayer object all implement this interface to provide access to the graphic elements they manage.

The PageLayout object contains a collection of Element objects including, MapFrames, MapSurroundFrames, and GraphicElements such as the PictureElement, MarkerElement and LineElement. The members of this interface provide access to the Elements.

When using this interface to add elements to layer types that operate in a corrdinate system, such as FDOGraphicsLayer and CompositeGraphicsLayer, the elements must implement IGraphicElement.

Members

		Description
	AddElement	Add a new graphic element to the layer.
	AddElements	Add new graphic elements to the layer.
	BringForward	Move the specified elements one step closer to the top of the stack of elements.
	BringToFront	Make the specified elements draw in front of all other elements.
	DeleteAllElements	Delete all the elements.
	DeleteElement	Delete the given element.
	FindFrame	Find the frame that contains the specified object.
	GetElementOrder	Private order object. Used to undo ordering operations.
	LocateElements	Returns the elements at the given coordinate.
	LocateElementsByEnvelope	Returns the elements inside the given envelope.
	MoveElementFromGroup	Move the element from the group to the container.
	MoveElementToGroup	Move the element from the container to the group.
	Next	Returns the next graphic in the container.
	PutElementOrder	Private order object. Used to undo ordering operations.
	Reset	Reset internal cursor so that Next returns the first element.
	SendBackward	Move the specified elements one step closer to the bottom of the stack of elements.
	SendToBack	Make the specified elements draw behind all other elements.
	UpdateElement	The graphic element's properties have changed.

CoClasses that implement IGraphicsContainer

CoClasses and Classes	Description
CompositeGraphicsLayer	A collection of graphics layers that behave like single layer.
FDOGraphicsLayer	A collection of properties for an annotation layer (feature data object graphics layer).
GlobeGraphicsLayer (esriGlobeCore)	The Globe Graphics Layer.
GraphicsLayer3D (esri3DAnalyst)	A 3D Graphics Layer.
GraphicsSubLayer	Graphic sublayer handed back by the composite graphics layer.
Map	A container for the display and manipulation of map data.
PageLayout	Page Layout class contains maps and map surrounds.

.NET Snippets

.NET Samples

Committing ink sketches using the controls ink commands (Code Files: InkSketchCommit) | Copy the PageLayoutControl focus map and overwrite the MapControl map (Code Files: CopyFocusMap) | Create a custom tool (Code Files: DrawGraphicLine) | Custom UI elements using add-ins (Code Files: AddGraphicsTool) | Geodesy MapControl (Code Files: GeodesyMapControl) | Geoevents in a MapControl (Code Files: GeoEvents) | Move a graphic along a path in ArcMap (Code Files: AnimationTypeMapGraphic MapGraphicKeyframe) | Print multiple pages (Code Files: PrintMultiPagesVB_NET_Addin) | StreetMap routing (Code Files: RoutingForm) | Subset network evaluators (Code Files: AutoUpdateNetworkElementArrayParametersCommand SubsetHelperUI) | Triangle graphic element (Code Files: TriangleElementTool) | Update a legend format with SymbologyControl area and line patches (Code Files: AreaLinePatches) | Using MOLE symbol-based graphics with interactive maps (Code Files: MainForm) | Visualizing the camera path while animating (Code Files: VisualizeCameraPath) |

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