XtraForm.Appearance Property

Gets the appearance settings used to paint the form.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.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 which contains the form’s appearance settings.

Remarks

The BackColor2, GradientMode and Image properties are not supported by the XtraForm. To specify the background image, use the form’s BackgroundImage property.

For more information on appearances, see the Appearances document.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-combobox-with-close-and-clear-buttons-in-dropdown/CS/WindowsApplication3/CustomPopupBaseSizeableFormPainter.cs#L24

    CustomPopupForm form = info.ViewInfo.Form as CustomPopupForm;
    DrawClear(form.IsHotTrackClearButton, form.Appearance, info.Cache, form.ClearButtonRectangle);
}

VB.NET

winforms-combobox-with-close-and-clear-buttons-in-dropdown/VB/WindowsApplication3/CustomPopupBaseSizeableFormPainter.vb#L21

    Dim form As CustomPopupForm = TryCast(info.ViewInfo.Form, CustomPopupForm)
    DrawClear(form.IsHotTrackClearButton, form.Appearance, info.Cache, form.ClearButtonRectangle)
End Sub