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V24.1

TextEditBase.SelectionBrush Property

Gets or sets the TextEditBase selection color. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

public Brush SelectionBrush { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
Brush

The TextEditBase selection color.

Remarks

The following code sample specifies the SelectionBrush, CornerRadius, CaretBrush, and SelectionOpacity properties:

<Window ...
    xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors">
    <StackPanel>
        <dxe:TextEdit Margin="5" Padding="2,4"
                      BorderThickness="2" EditValue="Custom Appearance"
                      CornerRadius="14" Background="#FFE9EBEC"
                      BorderBrush="#FFE9EBEC" CaretBrush="Red"
                      SelectionBrush="BlueViolet" SelectionOpacity="0.1"/>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

TextEditBase - Appearance Properties

Note

The property is supported in the following DevExpress themes:

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
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