AppearanceAttribute.FontColor Property

Specifies the font color of AppearanceAttribute.TargetItems affected by the conditional appearance rule generated from this attribute instance.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance

Assembly: DevExpress.Persistent.Base.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Persistent.Base

Declaration

C#

public string FontColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property FontColor As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string specifying the font color of target items affected by the conditional appearance rule. A value should be recognizable by the System.Drawing.ColorConverter class.

Remarks

The following UI elements can change their font color:

• Data cells in a GridListEditor and ASPxGridListEditor (the font color of the displayed text)
• Nodes in a TreeListEditor and ASPxTreeListEditor (the font color of the displayed text)
• Property Editors that are inherited from the DXPropertyEditor and WebPropertyEditor types (the font color of the displayed text)
• StaticText (the font color of the displayed text)
• Layout Items, Layout Groups and Tabbed Layout Groups (the font color of the caption)

Example 1

According to the rule demonstrated in the example below, the Category property in List Views will be displayed in Blue font color when its value is “Seafood”.

C# (EF Core)

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance;
//...
[Appearance("CategoryColoredInListView", AppearanceItemType = "ViewItem", TargetItems = "Category",
 Criteria = "Category = 'Seafood'", Context = "ListView", FontColor = "Blue", Priority = 1)]
public class Product : BaseObject {
    public virtual Category Category { get; set; }
}

[DefaultProperty(nameof(Name))]
public class Category : BaseObject {
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

// Make sure that you use options.UseChangeTrackingProxies() in your DbContext settings.

C# (XPO)

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance;
//...
[Appearance("CategoryColoredInListView", AppearanceItemType = "ViewItem", TargetItems = "Category",
 Criteria = "Category = 'Seafood'", Context = "ListView", FontColor = "Blue", Priority = 1)]
public class Product : BaseObject {
    public Product(Session session) : base(session) { }
    public Category Category {
        //...
    }
}
[DefaultProperty(nameof(Name))]
public class Category : BaseObject {
    public Category(Session session) : base(session) {}
    public string Name {
        //...
    }
}

VB.NET (XPO)

Imports DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance
'...
<Appearance("CategoryColoredInListView", AppearanceItemType := "ViewItem", TargetItems := "Category",
 Criteria := "Category = 'Seafood'", Context := "ListView", FontColor := "Blue", Priority := 1)> _
Public Class Product
        Inherits BaseObject
    Public Sub New(ByVal session As Session)
        MyBase.New(session)
    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Category() As Category
        '...
    End Property
End Class
<DefaultProperty(NameOf(Name))> _
Public Class Category
        Inherits BaseObject
    Public Sub New(ByVal session As Session)
        MyBase.New(session)
    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
        '...
    End Property
End Class

Example 2

According to the rule demonstrated in the example below, the “ProductParameters” layout group caption in the Product Detail View will be displayed in Blue font color when the Category property is set to “Seafood”.

C# (EF Core)

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance;
//...
[Appearance("LayoutGroupColoredInDetailView", AppearanceItemType = "LayoutItem",
 TargetItems = "ProductParametersLayoutGroup", Criteria = "Category = 'Seafood'",
 Context = "Product_DetailView", FontColor = "Blue")]
public class Product : BaseObject {
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual decimal Price { get; set; }
    public virtual ProductStatus Status { get; set; }
    public virtual Category Category { get; set; }
}

[DefaultProperty(nameof(Name))]
public class Category : BaseObject {
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

// Make sure that you use options.UseChangeTrackingProxies() in your DbContext settings.

C# (XPO)

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance;
//...
[Appearance("LayoutGroupColoredInDetailView", AppearanceItemType = "LayoutItem",
 TargetItems = "ProductParametersLayoutGroup", Criteria = "Category = 'Seafood'",
 Context = "Product_DetailView", FontColor = "Blue")]
public class Product : BaseObject {
    public Product(Session session) : base(session) { }
    public string Name {
        //...
    }
    public decimal Price {
        //...
    }
    public ProductStatus Status {
        //...
    }
    public Category Category {
        //...
    }
}
[DefaultProperty(nameof(Name))]
public class Category : BaseObject {
    public Category(Session session) : base(session) {}
    public string Name {
        //...
    }
}

VB.NET (XPO)

Imports DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance
'...
<Appearance("LayoutGroupColoredInDetailView", AppearanceItemType := "LayoutItem",
 TargetItems := "ProductParametersLayoutGroup", Criteria := "Category = 'Seafood'",
 Context := "Product_DetailView", FontColor := "Blue")> _
Public Class Product
        Inherits BaseObject
    Public Sub New(ByVal session As Session)
        MyBase.New(session)
    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
        '...
    End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property Price() As Decimal
        '...
     End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property Status() As ProductStatus
        '...
    End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property Category() As Category
        '...
    End Property
End Class
<DefaultProperty(NameOf(Name))> _
Public Class Category
        Inherits BaseObject
    Public Sub New(ByVal session As Session)
        MyBase.New(session)
    End Sub
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
        '...
    End Property
End Class

You will find many examples demonstrated in the FeatureCenter demo installed with XAF. This demo is located in the %PUBLIC%\Documents\DevExpress Demos 23.2\Components\XAF\FeatureCenter.NETFramework.XPO folder by default.