// This method establishes a link between current thumb and target thumb using a predefined line geometry
// Note: this is commonly to be used for drawing links with mouse when the line object is predefined outside this class
public bool LinkTo(MyThumb target, LineGeometry line)
{
// Save as starting line for current thumb
this.StartLines.Add(line);
// Save as ending line for target thumb
target.EndLines.Add(line);
// Ensure both tumbs the latest layout
this.UpdateLayout();
target.UpdateLayout();
// Update line position
line.StartPoint = new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(this) + this.ActualWidth / 2, Canvas.GetTop(this) + this.ActualHeight / 2);
line.EndPoint = new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(target) + target.ActualWidth / 2, Canvas.GetTop(target) + target.ActualHeight / 2);
return(true);
}
// This method establishes a link between current thumb and specified thumb.
// Returns a line geometry with updated positions to be processed outside.
public LineGeometry LinkTo(MyThumb target)
{
// Create new line geometry
LineGeometry line = new LineGeometry();
// Save as starting line for current thumb
this.StartLines.Add(line);
// Save as ending line for target thumb
target.EndLines.Add(line);
// Ensure both tumbs the latest layout
this.UpdateLayout();
target.UpdateLayout();
// Update line position
line.StartPoint = new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(this) + this.ActualWidth / 2, Canvas.GetTop(this) + this.ActualHeight / 2);
line.EndPoint = new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(target) + target.ActualWidth / 2, Canvas.GetTop(target) + target.ActualHeight / 2);
// return line for further processing
return(line);
}