LayoutEnumeratorMoveFirstChild Method

public bool MoveFirstChild()

Public Function MoveFirstChild As Boolean

public:
bool MoveFirstChild()

member MoveFirstChild : unit -> bool 

public void LayoutEnumerator()
{
    // Open a document that contains a variety of layout entities
    // Layout entities are pages, cells, rows, lines and other objects included in the LayoutEntityType enum
    // They are defined visually by the rectangular space that they occupy in the document
    Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Layout entities.docx");

    // Create an enumerator that can traverse these entities
    LayoutEnumerator layoutEnumerator = new LayoutEnumerator(doc);
    Assert.AreEqual(doc, layoutEnumerator.Document);

    // The enumerator points to the first element on the first page and can be traversed like a tree
    layoutEnumerator.MoveFirstChild();
    layoutEnumerator.MoveFirstChild();
    layoutEnumerator.MoveLastChild();
    layoutEnumerator.MovePrevious();
    Assert.AreEqual(LayoutEntityType.Span, layoutEnumerator.Type);
    Assert.AreEqual("000", layoutEnumerator.Text);

    // Only spans can contain text
    layoutEnumerator.MoveParent(LayoutEntityType.Page);
    Assert.AreEqual(LayoutEntityType.Page, layoutEnumerator.Type);

    // We can call this method to make sure that the enumerator points to the very first entity before we go through it forwards
    layoutEnumerator.Reset();

    // "Visual order" means when moving through an entity's children that are broken across pages,
    // page layout takes precedence and we avoid elements in other pages and move to others on the same page
    Console.WriteLine("Traversing from first to last, elements between pages separated:");
    TraverseLayoutForward(layoutEnumerator, 1);

    // Our enumerator is conveniently at the end of the collection for us to go through the collection backwards
    Console.WriteLine("Traversing from last to first, elements between pages separated:");
    TraverseLayoutBackward(layoutEnumerator, 1);

    // "Logical order" means when moving through an entity's children that are broken across pages, 
    // node relationships take precedence
    Console.WriteLine("Traversing from first to last, elements between pages mixed:");
    TraverseLayoutForwardLogical(layoutEnumerator, 1);

    Console.WriteLine("Traversing from last to first, elements between pages mixed:");
    TraverseLayoutBackwardLogical(layoutEnumerator, 1);
}

/// <summary>
/// Enumerate through layoutEnumerator's layout entity collection front-to-back, in a DFS manner, and in a "Visual" order.
/// </summary>
private static void TraverseLayoutForward(LayoutEnumerator layoutEnumerator, int depth)
{
    do
    {
        PrintCurrentEntity(layoutEnumerator, depth);

        if (layoutEnumerator.MoveFirstChild())
        {
            TraverseLayoutForward(layoutEnumerator, depth + 1);
            layoutEnumerator.MoveParent();
        }
    } while (layoutEnumerator.MoveNext());
}

/// <summary>
/// Enumerate through layoutEnumerator's layout entity collection back-to-front, in a DFS manner, and in a "Visual" order.
/// </summary>
private static void TraverseLayoutBackward(LayoutEnumerator layoutEnumerator, int depth)
{
    do
    {
        PrintCurrentEntity(layoutEnumerator, depth);

        if (layoutEnumerator.MoveLastChild())
        {
            TraverseLayoutBackward(layoutEnumerator, depth + 1);
            layoutEnumerator.MoveParent();
        }
    } while (layoutEnumerator.MovePrevious());
}

/// <summary>
/// Enumerate through layoutEnumerator's layout entity collection front-to-back, in a DFS manner, and in a "Logical" order.
/// </summary>
private static void TraverseLayoutForwardLogical(LayoutEnumerator layoutEnumerator, int depth)
{
    do
    {
        PrintCurrentEntity(layoutEnumerator, depth);

        if (layoutEnumerator.MoveFirstChild())
        {
            TraverseLayoutForwardLogical(layoutEnumerator, depth + 1);
            layoutEnumerator.MoveParent();
        }
    } while (layoutEnumerator.MoveNextLogical());
}

/// <summary>
/// Enumerate through layoutEnumerator's layout entity collection back-to-front, in a DFS manner, and in a "Logical" order.
/// </summary>
private static void TraverseLayoutBackwardLogical(LayoutEnumerator layoutEnumerator, int depth)
{
    do
    {
        PrintCurrentEntity(layoutEnumerator, depth);

        if (layoutEnumerator.MoveLastChild())
        {
            TraverseLayoutBackwardLogical(layoutEnumerator, depth + 1);
            layoutEnumerator.MoveParent();
        }
    } while (layoutEnumerator.MovePreviousLogical());
}

/// <summary>
/// Print information about layoutEnumerator's current entity to the console, indented by a number of tab characters specified by indent.
/// The rectangle that we process at the end represents the area and location thereof that the element takes up in the document.
/// </summary>
private static void PrintCurrentEntity(LayoutEnumerator layoutEnumerator, int indent)
{
    string tabs = new string('\t', indent);

    Console.WriteLine(layoutEnumerator.Kind == string.Empty
        ? $"{tabs}-> Entity type: {layoutEnumerator.Type}"
        : $"{tabs}-> Entity type & kind: {layoutEnumerator.Type}, {layoutEnumerator.Kind}");

    if (layoutEnumerator.Type == LayoutEntityType.Span)
        Console.WriteLine($"{tabs}   Span contents: \"{layoutEnumerator.Text}\"");

    RectangleF leRect = layoutEnumerator.Rectangle;
    Console.WriteLine($"{tabs}   Rectangle dimensions {leRect.Width}x{leRect.Height}, X={leRect.X} Y={leRect.Y}");
    Console.WriteLine($"{tabs}   Page {layoutEnumerator.PageIndex}");
}