BarDockControl.Appearance Property

Gets the appearance settings used to paint the dock control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public virtual AppearanceObject Appearance { get; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Appearance As AppearanceObject

Property Value

Type	Description
AppearanceObject	A AppearanceObject object that contains the dock control’s appearance settings.

Remarks

By default, the appearance of BarDockControl objects is determined by a bar and dock controller. You can access these default appearance settings using the BarManagerAppearances.Dock property of the BarAndDockingController.AppearancesBar object.

The Appearance property allows you to override the default appearance settings for particular BarDockControl objects. The image below shows a custom image assigned to the top dock control using the AppearanceObject.Image property.

Note that the image cannot be displayed within a BarDockControl in the Office2003, WindowsXP and Skin painting schemes. See the BarAndDockingController.LookAndFeel property to change the current painting scheme.