OptionsPrintBase.AppearanceItemControl Property

Print/export appearance settings of a specific item’s control. For a Layout Group, this property specifies the default appearance settings for controls of all layout items owned by the group.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraLayout

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraLayout.v22.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content)]
public AppearanceObject AppearanceItemControl { get; }

VB.NET

<XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content)>
Public ReadOnly Property AppearanceItemControl As AppearanceObject

Property Value

Type	Description
AppearanceObject	The print appearance settings applied to the item’s control.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to AppearanceItemControl
LayoutViewCard	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
LayoutViewField	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
EmptySpaceItem	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
LayoutControlGroup	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
LayoutControlItem	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
LayoutGroup	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
LayoutRepositoryItem	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
SimpleLabelItem	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl
SplitterItem	.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl

Remarks

The Layout Control provides the following properties to customize print/export appearance settings of layout items and groups.

• Default appearance settings (apply to all layout items and groups) - LayoutControl.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItem, LayoutControl.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemText, LayoutControl.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl and OptionsPrintControl.AppearanceGroupCaption properties.

  

• A layout group’s settings (apply to all items owned by this group) - LayoutGroup.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItem, LayoutGroup.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemText, LayoutGroup.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl and LayoutGroup.OptionsPrint.AppearanceGroupCaption.

  

• A layout item’s settings - LayoutItem.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItem, LayoutItem.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemText and LayoutItem.OptionsPrint.AppearanceItemControl.

  

Note

Print/export appearance settings are not supported if the OptionsPrintControl.OldPrinting property is set to true.

See the Printing and Export topic to learn more.