DateNavigator.Appearance Property

Gets or sets the calendar’s appearance. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Editors.DateNavigator

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public DateNavigatorCellAppearance Appearance { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Appearance As DateNavigatorCellAppearance

Property Value

Type	Description
DateNavigatorCellAppearance	An object that contains cell appearance settings.

Remarks

The DateNavigator searches for a cell’s appearance settings in the cell’s states. The search order depends of an application theme. The search is conducted in the following order:

1. DisabledState
2. InactiveState
3. HolidayState
4. SpecialDateState
5. FocusedState
6. MouseOverState
7. SelectedState
8. TodayState
9. NormalState.

Tip

The following themes are supported:

Theme Family	Themes
Windows 11	Dark, Light
Windows 10	Dark, Light
Office 2019	Black, Colorful, Dark Gray, White, HighContrast
Visual Studio 2019	Blue, Dark, Light
Office 2016 SE	Black, Colorful, Dark Gray, White
Visual Studio 2017	Blue, Dark, Light

The code sample below demonstrates how to customize DateNavigator cell appearance.

XAML

<Window ...
  xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors">
  <dxe:DateNavigator>
    <dxe:DateNavigator.Appearance>
      <dxe:DateNavigatorCellAppearance>
        <dxe:DateNavigatorCellAppearance.NormalState>
          <dxe:DateNavigatorStateAppearance Background="Red" CornerRadius="5"/>
        </dxe:DateNavigatorCellAppearance.NormalState>
        <dxe:DateNavigatorCellAppearance.MouseOverState>
          <dxe:DateNavigatorStateAppearance Background="Green"/>
        </dxe:DateNavigatorCellAppearance.MouseOverState>
      </dxe:DateNavigatorCellAppearance>
    </dxe:DateNavigator.Appearance>
  </dxe:DateNavigator>
</Window>

Runtime Appearance Customization

Use the RequestCellAppearance event to get or set the cell’s appearance values at runtime.