BaseLayoutItem.Appearance Property

Gets or sets the object that provides appearance settings for the item’s captions. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public Appearance Appearance { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Appearance As Appearance

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.Appearance	A DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.Appearance object that specifies the appearance settings for the item’s caption.

Remarks

You can use the Appearance property to customize the appearance settings for the item’s caption when it’s in the normal and active (selected) states.

XAML

<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>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-dock-layout-manager-change-the-document-panel-header-backgrounds/VB/ColoredTabs/MainWindow.xaml#L38

<Style TargetType="dxd:DocumentPanel">
    <Setter Property="Appearance">
        <Setter.Value>