Appearance.Active Property

Gets or sets appearance properties that are applied to the item when it is active. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Docking, DevExpress.Wpf.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public AppearanceObject Active { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Active As AppearanceObject

Property Value

Type	Description
AppearanceObject	Appearance properties applied to the panel.

Remarks

The following code sample sets the LayoutPanel’s Background to Red when the item is active and to Green when the item is inactive:

XAML

<Window ...
    xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
    <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
        <dxdo:LayoutGroup x:Name="LayoutRoot" Orientation="Vertical">
            <dxdo:LayoutPanel Caption="Panel1">
                <dxdo:LayoutPanel.Appearance>
                    <dxdo:Appearance>
                        <dxdo:Appearance.Normal>
                            <dxdo:AppearanceObject Background="Green" />
                        </dxdo:Appearance.Normal>
                        <dxdo:Appearance.Active>
                            <dxdo:AppearanceObject Background="Red" />
                        </dxdo:Appearance.Active>
                    </dxdo:Appearance>
                </dxdo:LayoutPanel.Appearance>
                <TextBox />
            </dxdo:LayoutPanel>
            <dxdo:LayoutPanel Caption="Panel2"/>
        </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
    </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</Window>