DropDownButton Class

Represents a dropdown button control.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public class DropDownButton :
    DropDownButtonBase

VB.NET

Public Class DropDownButton
    Inherits DropDownButtonBase

Remarks

The DropDownButton control is a button that displays a dropdown window on click.

You can embed any custom content in the DropDownButton‘s dropdown. The following example demonstrates a TrackBarEdit control embedded in a DropDownButton‘s dropdown:

XAML

<dx:DropDownButton Height="25" Width="175" Content="DropdownButton">
    <dxe:TrackBarEdit Height="30">
        <dxe:TrackBarEdit.StyleSettings>
            <dxe:TrackBarZoomRangeStyleSettings />
        </dxe:TrackBarEdit.StyleSettings>
    </dxe:TrackBarEdit>
</dx:DropDownButton>

Customize Appearance

1. Glyph, GlyphHeight, GlyphWidth
2. ArrowGlyph, ArrowAlignment, ArrowPadding
3. Background, Foreground, FontSize
4. Height, BorderBrush, BorderThickness, CornerRadius, Width

XAML

<Window ...
    xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core">
    <dx:DropDownButton Background="#FFE9EBEC" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="#FF0D3A50"
                       CornerRadius="5" Height="30" Width="150" Content="Upload" FontSize="10" 
                       Foreground="#ff505050" Glyph="{dx:DXImage SvgImages/Arrows/MoveUp.svg}" 
                       GlyphHeight="20" GlyphWidth="20"
                       ArrowGlyph="{dx:SvgImageSource Uri='pack://application:,,,/DevExpress.Images.v23.2;component/SvgImages/Icon Builder/Actions_Arrow3Down.svg', Size='15,15'}"/>
</Window>

Tip

Refer to the following topic for more information: Appearance Customization.

Inheritance

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Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

ContentControl

ButtonBase

Button

SimpleButton

DropDownButtonBase

DropDownButton