DockPanel.Appearance Property

Specifies appearance settings of the dock panel’s client region.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public AppearanceObject Appearance { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Appearance As AppearanceObject

Property Value

Type	Description
AppearanceObject	An AppearanceObject object that contains appearance settings of the dock panel’s client region.

Remarks

Use the Appearance property to customize the appearance of a client region of individual panels. It allows the background and foreground colors, the gradient mode, font settings and a background image to be specified. The background image will be displayed if alpha components are set for the background colors.

The BarAndDockingController’s BarAndDockingController.AppearancesDocking property accesses the appearance settings of all dock controls. The DockManagerAppearances.Panel property provides centralized control over the appearance of all the dock panels whose Appearance property is not specified. Otherwise, if this property is specified, the appearance settings for dock panels specified by the BarAndDockingController are ignored.

The Appearance.BorderColor setting is in effect in skinning paint schemes if the DockPanel.AllowBorderColorBlending option is enabled.

Read the following topic for additional information: Appearance and Look and Feel.

Important

The Appearance.Font and Appearance.ForeColor properties are ignored.