DropShadowEffect.Direction Property

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Gets or sets the angle at which the shadow is cast.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Media.Effects
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Direction As Double

public double Direction { get; set; }

<DropShadowEffect Direction="double"/>

Property Value

Type: System.Double
The angle at which the shadow is cast, where 0 is immediately to the right of the object and positive values move the shadow counterclockwise. The default is 315.

Remarks

Dependency property identifier field: DirectionProperty

The valid range of values is from 0 through 360. The value 0 puts the drop shadow immediately to the right of the object. Subsequent values move the shadow around the object in a counter-clockwise direction. For example, a value of 90 indicates the shadow is cast directly upward from the object; a value of 180 is cast directly to the left of the object, and so on.

The following diagram shows in which direction the shadow is cast for a given value of this property.

The following illustrations demonstrate the effect of this property.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

Reference

DropShadowEffect Class

System.Windows.Media.Effects Namespace