DropDownButton Class

Represents a dropdown button control.

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v20.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Core, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class DropDownButton :
    DropDownButtonBase

Public Class DropDownButton
    Inherits DropDownButtonBase

Remarks

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

dropdownbutton_rangecontrol

The DropDownButton control offers the following features.

Custom dropdown content

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>

Customizable button appearance

The DropDownButton control displays an arrow indicator. The following properties affect the indicator appearance.
- DropDownButtonBase.ArrowGlyph property allows you to replace the arrow with a custom glyph.
- DropDownButtonBase.ArrowAlignment property controls the alignment of the indicator.
- DropDownButtonBase.ArrowPadding property specifies the amount of padding space around the indicator.