WPF FAQ - Frame

The current version displays the HTML content from an URI and it does not display dynamic contents. There is however a ‘Web Browser’ control that is availble as of 3.5SP1.

WPF changes the way it renders the frame control based on the content it contains. It renders using the WPF rendering pipeline when the content is an XAML or loose XAML file whereas it uses Internet Explorer’s GDI based rendering when the content is HTML. Therefore, you will encounter issues when applying transforms to a Frame with HTML content. Issues also occur when ‘ApplyTransparency’ is enabled.

NavigationWindow is a top level window and frame is a part of window or another frame. A frame can be added to a NavigationWindow or another Frame. By default, NavigationWindow contains Back / Forward buttons whereas Frame doesn’t.