EditBase.HelpTextColor Property

Specifies the color of the help text shown below the edit box.

Namespace: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Editors.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Editors

Declaration

public Color HelpTextColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	Help text color.

Remarks

HelpTextColor specifies the color of HelpText in an editor’s focused and unfocused states.

To specify the help text color for an editor’s disabled state, use the DisabledHelpTextColor property.

You can also use the following properties to configure the help text appearance:

Property	Description
BottomTextFontSize BottomTextFontFamily BottomTextFontAttributes	Configure font settings.
BottomTextTopIndent	Sets the distance between the editor’s help text and its bottom border.

These properties also affect ErrorText. To set the color of the error message, editor borders, label and error icon, use the ErrorColor property.

Example

This example shows how to customize the appearance of an editor’s help/error text:

State/Appearance	Default	Custom
Default
Disabled
Error

XAML

<dxe:TextEdit BottomTextFontAttributes="Bold"
              BottomTextFontSize="18"
              BottomTextTopIndent="20"
              HelpText="Bottom text"
              HelpTextColor="Green"
              DisabledHelpTextColor="LightGreen"
              ErrorColor="Brown"
              ErrorText="Error text"/>