PopupImageEdit Class

An editor that displays an image within a dropdown window.

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v23.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class PopupImageEdit :
    PopupBaseEdit,
    IImageEdit,
    IInputElement

Public Class PopupImageEdit
    Inherits PopupBaseEdit
    Implements IImageEdit,
               IInputElement

Remarks

The PopupImageEdit control is an editor that displays an image within a dropdown window.

PopupImageEdit

Tip

The PopupImageEdit class inherits its features from the PopupBaseEdit class.

Refer to the PopupBaseEdit class description for information on derived features and API.

Create an PopupImageEdit

XAML

<Window ...
    xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors">

<!-- Specify value using the PopupImageEdit.Source property -->
<dxe:PopupImageEdit Source="../Images/Persons/m02.jpg" ShowMenuMode="Hover"/>

<!-- Specify value using the BaseEdit.EditValue property. 
Userpic is a data context field that stores values of Byte[] type. -->
<dxe:PopupImageEdit EditValue="{Binding UserPic}" />

Editor Value

Use the Source property to specify a path to the editor’s image. Note, that end users can load their own images when the image menu is available.

You can use the EditValue property to get or set the displayed image as an array of bytes.

Load an Image

Built-in Menu - users can use the built-in menu to cut, copy, paste, delete, load, or save an image.
Easy Image Loading - if the PopupImageEdit.ShowLoadDialogOnClickMode property is set to Always or Empty, users can click within an image editor to open the Open dialog and load a new image.

Support for Various Formats

The PopupImageEdit control supports the following image formats.

Bitmap
JPEG
GIF
PNG

Use the PopupImageEdit.ShowMenu and PopupImageEdit.ShowMenuMode properties to control the availability of the image menu.

Use the PopupImageEdit.MenuTemplate and ImageEdit.MenuContainerTemplate properties to implement a custom menu appearance.

Various Stretch Modes

To specify how the image should be stretched to fill the available space, use the PopupImageEdit.Stretch property. The following stretch modes are available.