PasswordBox.SelectionOpacity Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets the opacity of the SelectionBrush.

public:
 property double SelectionOpacity { double get(); void set(double value); };

public double SelectionOpacity { get; set; }

member this.SelectionOpacity : double with get, set

Public Property SelectionOpacity As Double

Property Value

Double

The opacity of the SelectionBrush. The default is 0.4.

Examples

The following example creates a PasswordBox and sets the SelectionBrush property to green and the SelectionOpacity property to 0.5.

<PasswordBox SelectionBrush="Green" SelectionOpacity="0.5" 
             Foreground="Red" CaretBrush="Red"/>

The preceding example produces output that is similar to the following illustration.

Selected text in a PasswordBox with SelectionOpacity set to 0.5

Remarks

If you set the SelectionOpacity to 0, the SelectionBrush is transparent and is not visible. If you set the SelectionOpacity to 1.0 or greater, the SelectionBrush is opaque and the selected text is not visible.