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AppearanceObject.TabBackgroundColor Property

Gets or sets the background color of the item tab header when it is placed in a DocumentGroup. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

#Declaration

public Color TabBackgroundColor { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Color

The background color of the item tab header.

#Remarks

The TabBackgroundColor property has no effect if the panel is placed within AutoHideGroup or TabbedGroup.

The following code sample sets the Panel1 LayoutPanel‘s tab header background color to Red when the panel is active and to Green when the panel is inactive:

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

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