Remove parent of an UIElement in Silverlight

Question

I have an object of an UIElement, how can I remove the parent of it?

I saw that there is not setter for parent property of an UIElement.

Any suggestions will be helpful.

EDIT :

 protected FrameworkElement Content
        {
            get { return this.content; }
            set
            {
                if ((this.content != null) && (this.Children.Contains(this.content)
== true))
                    this.Children.Remove(this.content);
                this.content = value;
                if ((this.content != null) && (this.Children.Contains(this.content)
== false))
                {
                    this.Children.Add(this.content); // here i get error Element is already an child of another
                }

                this.InvalidateMeasure();
                this.InvalidateArrange();
            }
        }

can you give an example? Do you want to remove a child element from its parent from within the child code? This usually stumps people. — gideon, Mar 26 '11 at 08:18
i get an object of an ui element say from somewhere an i want to insert this object in an panel but as that ui element already has parent set , is causing problem for me. — Malcolm, Mar 26 '11 at 08:22
You want to **insert** the element **into** a panel. Then this element becomes a **child **. You would do `panel.Children.Add(yourelement);` — gideon, Mar 26 '11 at 08:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '11 at 08:22

UIElement.Parent just returns the Parent as a UIElement. You can cast it to the right element if you know what the parent is. Lets say you have a parent this IS a StackPanel

 StackPanel parent = myelement.Parent as StackPanel;
 parent.Children.Remove(myelement);//removes your element from its parent.

Remove parent of an UIElement in Silverlight

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