BaseEdit.BorderTemplate Property

Gets or sets a template used to display the editor’s border. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public ControlTemplate BorderTemplate { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Property BorderTemplate As ControlTemplate

Property Value

Type	Description
ControlTemplate	A ControlTemplate object representing the template that defines the appearance of the editor’s border.

Remarks

To customize the editor’s visual representation via templates, use its BaseEdit.DisplayTemplate and BaseEdit.EditTemplate properties.

Example

The following example shows how to customize the editor's border via templates.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-customize-the-editors-border-via-templates-e1973.

Window1.xaml

<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        x:Class="BaseEdit_BorderTemplate.Window1" 
        Title="Customizing Editor's Border"
        Height="300" Width="300">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition />
            <ColumnDefinition Width="100" />
            <ColumnDefinition />
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition />
            <RowDefinition Height="22" />
            <RowDefinition />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <dxe:TextEdit Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1">
            <dxe:TextEdit.BorderTemplate>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
                    <Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Red" Background="AntiqueWhite"
                            CornerRadius="2">
                        <ContentPresenter />
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </dxe:TextEdit.BorderTemplate>
        </dxe:TextEdit>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Window1.xaml.cs

using System.Windows;

namespace BaseEdit_BorderTemplate {
    public partial class Window1 : Window {
        public Window1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

Window1.xaml.vb

Imports System.Windows

Namespace BaseEdit_BorderTemplate
    Partial Public Class Window1
        Inherits Window

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Application.xaml.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Windows

Namespace BaseEdit_BorderTemplate
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Interaction logic for App.xaml
    ''' </summary>
    Partial Public Class App
        Inherits Application

    End Class
End Namespace

Application.xaml

<Application x:Class="BaseEdit_BorderTemplate.App" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" StartupUri="Window1.xaml">
    <Application.Resources>

    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the BorderTemplate property.

Note

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C#

how-to-specify-custom-background-for-dxeditors-e1658/VB/WpfApplication64/Window1.xaml#L17

<dxe:DateEdit Background="Red" Margin="10,10,10,0" Height="21"
              BorderTemplate="{StaticResource borderTemplate}" />
<dxe:TextEdit Background="Red" Margin="10,10,10,0" Height="21"

how-to-customize-the-editors-border-via-templates-e1973/VB/BaseEdit_BorderTemplate/Window1.xaml#L19

<dxe:TextEdit Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1">
    <dxe:TextEdit.BorderTemplate>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">