Bar.Background Property

Gets or sets the brush used to paint the BarItem’s background. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Bars

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public Brush Background { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Background As Brush

Property Value

Type	Description
Brush	A Brush object used to paint the BarItem’s background.

Remarks

The following code sample sets the Bar.Foreground property to #FF505050 and Bar.Background property to LightBlue:

XAML

<Window ...
  xmlns:dxb="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/bars">
  <Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
      <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
      <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <dxb:BarContainerControl ContainerType="Top" Grid.Row="0">
      <dxb:MainMenuControl Caption="Main Menu">
        <dxb:BarButtonItem Content="Open" Foreground="#FF505050" Background="LightBlue"/>
      </dxb:MainMenuControl>
    </dxb:BarContainerControl>
  </Grid>
</Window>

Note

The property is supported in the following DevExpress themes:

Theme Family	Themes
Windows 11	Dark, Light
Windows 10	Dark, Light
Office 2019	Black, Colorful, Dark Gray, White, HighContrast
Visual Studio 2019	Blue, Dark, Light
Office 2016 SE	Black, Colorful, Dark Gray, White
Visual Studio 2017	Blue, Dark, Light