XtraForm.BackColor Property

Gets or sets the background color of the form’s client region.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public override Color BackColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Overrides Property BackColor As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color structure which specifies the background color of the form’s client region.

Remarks

The appearance settings used to paint the form’s client region are provided by the XtraForm.Appearance property. This property returns an AppearanceObject object whose properties specify the form’s background and foreground colors, font, etc. The BackColor property’s value is synchronized with the appearance object’s AppearanceObject.BackColor property.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-implement-a-custom-inplace-editor-for-appointments-e4826/CS/SchedulerInplaceEditorExample/MyInplaceEditor.cs#L30

DevExpress.Skins.SkinElement element = currentSkin[DevExpress.Skins.SchedulerSkins.SkinAllDayAreaSelected];
this.BackColor = element.Color.BackColor;
this.ForeColor = Color.White;

adding-space-between-ribbon-and-its-title-bar-to-place-controls-between-them-e3532/CS/WindowsApplication3/MyRibbonControl.cs#L47

bounds.Height = Height - bounds.Top;
using (Brush brush = new SolidBrush(RibbonForm.BackColor))
{

winforms-datagrid-custom-column-chooser-multi-select/CS/MultiSelectColumnCustomization/CustomGridControl/MultiSelectColumnCustomizationListBox.cs#L54

    if ( focusedItem != null && Items.IndexOf(focusedItem) == index )
        cache.Paint.DrawFocusRectangle(cache.Graphics, checkBoxRect, CustomizationForm.ForeColor, CustomizationForm.BackColor);
}

VB.NET

how-to-implement-a-custom-inplace-editor-for-appointments-e4826/VB/SchedulerInplaceEditorExample/MyInplaceEditor.vb#L32

Dim element As DevExpress.Skins.SkinElement = currentSkin(DevExpress.Skins.SchedulerSkins.SkinAllDayAreaSelected)
Me.BackColor = element.Color.BackColor
Me.ForeColor = Color.White

adding-space-between-ribbon-and-its-title-bar-to-place-controls-between-them-e3532/VB/WindowsApplication3/MyRibbonControl.vb#L54

bounds.Height = Height - bounds.Top
Using brush As Brush = New SolidBrush(RibbonForm.BackColor)
    e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brush, bounds)

winforms-datagrid-custom-column-chooser-multi-select/VB/MultiSelectColumnCustomization/CustomGridControl/MultiSelectColumnCustomizationListBox.vb#L55

If focusedItem IsNot Nothing AndAlso Items.IndexOf(focusedItem) = index Then
    cache.Paint.DrawFocusRectangle(cache.Graphics, checkBoxRect, CustomizationForm.ForeColor, CustomizationForm.BackColor)
End If