UI Element Overview

• Mar 03, 2026

This article describes XAF UI elements. The diagrams below show abstract elements and actual controls, depict their location in the UI, and illustrate their structure.

• Elements’ Location
• Elements’ Structure

Elements’ Location

In XAF, a UI control and a related abstract entity define a UI element. The following pictures demonstrate UI elements’ locations in WinForms applications:

Elements’ Structure

The charts below demonstrate these elements’ structure:

Detail View

List View and Nested List View

Click the links below to access information about the UI elements:

• Window

• Frame

• Template

• View

• View Item

• List Editor

• Action

• Action Container