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LookUpEditBase.ItemContainerStyle Property

Gets or sets the style applied to the container element generated for each item within the editor’s dropdown. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Editors

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

#Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
public Style ItemContainerStyle { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Style

A Style object that is applied to the container element generated for each item.

#Remarks

<Window ...
    xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors">
     <StackPanel>
        <StackPanel.Resources>
            <Style x:Key="itemStyle" TargetType="ListBoxItem">
                <Setter Property="Padding" Value="15,7" />
                <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14" />
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black" />
                <Setter Property="Background" Value="#FFF2F2F2" />
                <Style.Triggers>
                    <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#FFDADADA" />
                    </Trigger>
                    <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#FFF7C991" />
                    </Trigger>
                </Style.Triggers>
            </Style>
        </StackPanel.Resources>
        <dxe:ComboBoxEdit ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource itemStyle}" ... />
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

The editor’s ItemContainerStyle property does not affect item appearance if you use the BaseEdit.StyleSettings property to define an operation mode. In this case, use the *StyleSettings object’s ItemContainerStyle property.

ComboBoxStyleSettings - ItemContainerStyle Example

<Window ...
        xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
        xmlns:dxetk="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors/themekeys">
    <dxe:ComboBoxEdit ItemsSource="{Binding Customers}"
                      DisplayMember="Name" 
                      HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
        <dxe:ComboBoxEdit.StyleSettings>
            <dxe:RadioComboBoxStyleSettings>
                <dxe:RadioComboBoxStyleSettings.ItemContainerStyle>
                    <Style BasedOn="{StaticResource {dxetk:EditorListBoxThemeKey ResourceKey=RadioButtonItemStyle}}" 
                           TargetType="dxe:ListBoxEditItem">
                        <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
                            <Setter.Value>
                                <DataTemplate>
                                    <Border BorderThickness="2" 
                                            Background="Orange" 
                                            BorderBrush="Blue" 
                                            CornerRadius="4">
                                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" Padding="2"/>
                                    </Border>
                                </DataTemplate>
                            </Setter.Value>
                        </Setter>
                    </Style>
                </dxe:RadioComboBoxStyleSettings.ItemContainerStyle>
            </dxe:RadioComboBoxStyleSettings>
        </dxe:ComboBoxEdit.StyleSettings>
    </dxe:ComboBoxEdit>
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