How to get the position of an element in a StackPanel?

Question

Say I have a StackPanel that gets dynamically filled with copy, changing the Y position of elements inside it. I have a specific element within that StackPanel that I want t

Answer 1

The methods in the link you posted should work fine, provided you call them correctly.

You need to call them with the correct UIElement - in this case, using element1 to the RootVisual will give you the full position of element1:

var transform = element1.TransformToVisual(Application.Current.RootVisual as FrameworkElement);        
Point absolutePosition = transform.Transform(new Point(0, 0));