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DevExpress.Utils.VisualEffects Namespace

Contains controls that manage the visual effects of forms or other controls (e.g., the AdornerManager).

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v20.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Classes

Name Description
AdornerElement The base class for all adorner elements (e.g., Badges).
AdornerElementCollection Stores elements of the AdornerElement type.
AdornerUIManager The component that provides a transparent adorner layer for highlighting certain UI elements and/or displaying notifications for these elements.
Badge A simple element within the AdornerUIManager.
BadgeDefaultProperties Provides members that specify the appearance and behavior of the current Badge.
BadgeProperties Provides members that specify the appearance and behavior of all Badges within this adorner manager.
Guide A child Adorner UI Manager element that highlights specific form regions. Provides a built-in flyout panel for displaying additional information and/or actions related to the highlighted region.
GuideDefaultProperties Contains properties that affect invidual adorner guides only.
GuideProperties Provides properties that affect all adorner guides owned by this Adorner UI Manager.
ValidationHint An object used by an Adorner UI Manager component to apply visual effects to controls based on these controls’ validation states.
ValidationHintAppearances Provides three property groups that store the appearance settings for all possible validation states of a target control, related to the ValidationHint object.
ValidationHintBaseDefaultProperties Provides access to base validation hint properties. Objects of this type affect individual validation hints only.
ValidationHintBaseProperties Provides access to base validation hint properties. Objects of this type affect all validation hints owned by an Adorner UI Manager.
ValidationHintDefaultProperties An object that stores individual validation hint properties for all three control validation states.
ValidationHintProperties An object that stores global validation hint properties for all three control validation states.

Enums

Name Description
GuideFlyoutLocation Provides flags that can be passed to the GuideDefaultProperties.FlyoutLocation and GuideProperties.FlyoutLocation properties to specify the flyout panel position relative to it’s parent adorner guides.
ValidationHintIconType This enumeration’s values can be passed to the ValidationHintBaseDefaultProperties.IconType and ValidationHintBaseProperties.IconType properties to choose a predefined image for individual or all ValidationHint objects.
ValidationHintLocation Provides flags that can be passed to the ValidationHintBaseDefaultProperties.HintLocation and ValidationHintBaseProperties.HintLocation properties to set hint locations relative to their parent ValidationHint objects.