SplitButton Class

A split button control.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public class SplitButton :
    DropDownButtonBase

VB.NET

Public Class SplitButton
    Inherits DropDownButtonBase

Remarks

The SplitButton control consists of two buttons.

• Main button
• Dropdown button

The SplitButton control offers the following features.

• Total control over the main button content

  Use the Content property to specify the content of the main button.

  XAML

  <dx:SplitButton x:Name="splitButton" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Close_16x16.png}" Height="90">
      <dx:SplitButton.Content>
          <Grid>
              <Ellipse Height="80" Width="150" Fill="#FFAFAFF3"/>
              <TextBlock TextAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="30">Button</TextBlock>
          </Grid>
      </dx:SplitButton.Content>
  </dx:SplitButton>
  

• Custom dropdown content

  You can embed any custom content in the SplitButton‘s dropdown. The following example demonstrates a DateNavigator control embedded in a SplitButton‘s dropdown.

  XAML

  <dx:SplitButton Height="25" Width="175" Content="SplitButton">
      <dxe:DateNavigator/>
  </dx:SplitButton>
  

Customize Appearance

1. Glyph, GlyphHeight, GlyphWidth
2. Background, Foreground, FontSize
3. ArrowGlyph, ArrowAlignment, ArrowPadding
4. Height, BorderBrush, BorderThickness, CornerRadius, Width
5. SeparatorThickness
6. ArrowBackground, ArrowBorderBrush, ArrowBorderThickness, ArrowCornerRadius

XAML

<Window ...
    xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core">
    <dx:SplitButton 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'}"
                    ArrowBackground="#FFE9EBEC" ArrowBorderBrush="#FF0D3A50" ArrowBorderThickness="2"/>
</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

SplitButton