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AppearanceObject.Foreground Property

Gets or sets the brush used to paint the item’s foreground. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

#Declaration

public Brush Foreground { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Brush

The item’s foreground.

#Remarks

The following code sample sets the Panel1 LayoutPanel’s Background to Red when the item is active and to Green when the item is in the normal state:

<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>

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