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BarItem.CategoryName Property

Gets or sets the name of the category to which the bar item belongs. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Bars

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

#Declaration

public string CategoryName { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
String

A string that specifies the name of the category to which the bar item belongs.

#Remarks

Use the CategoryName property to assign a bar item to a category. Another way to assign a bar item to a category is to use the BarItem.Category property. To learn more, see Categories.

#Example

This example shows how to create bar items and associate them with a custom Format category.

The following image shows the result:

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Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Windows

Namespace WpfApplication3
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Interaction logic for App.xaml
    ''' </summary>
    Partial Public Class App
        Inherits Application

        Private Sub OnAppStartup_UpdateThemeName(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As StartupEventArgs)

            DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ApplicationThemeHelper.UpdateApplicationThemeName()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
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