BaseButton.PaintStyle Property

Gets or sets the button’s paint style.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(PaintStyles.Default)]
[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public PaintStyles PaintStyle { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(PaintStyles.Default)>
<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Property PaintStyle As PaintStyles

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PaintStyles	Default	The button’s paint style.

Remarks

Use the PaintStyle property to switch between the Default and Light render modes.

• Default - A button renders its background in all states (normal, hovered, pressed and focused).

  

• Light - A button renders its background only when hovered, pressed or selected. This mode is specifically designed so you can create a group of borderless buttons.

  

Example

The following example arranges SimpleButtons in a StackPanel and enables the Light button paint style.

C#

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    SimpleButton btn = new SimpleButton();
    btn.Size = new Size(42, 42);
    btn.PaintStyle = DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PaintStyles.Light;
    btn.Text = "";
    btn.ImageOptions.Image = Image.FromFile("chart" + i + ".png");
    stackPanel1.Controls.Add(btn);
}

VB.NET

For i As Integer = 0 To 2
    Dim btn As SimpleButton = New SimpleButton()
    btn.Size = New Size(42, 42)
    btn.PaintStyle = DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PaintStyles.Light
    btn.Text = ""
    btn.ImageOptions.Image = Image.FromFile("chart" & i & ".png")
    stackPanel1.Controls.Add(btn)
Next i

To prevent a SimpleButton from being focused, use the SimpleButton.AllowFocus property.