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Border.Background Property

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Gets or sets the Brush that fills the background of the border.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Background As Brush
public Brush Background { get; set; }
<Border>
  <Border.Background>
    singleBrush
  </Border.Background>
</Border>
<Border Background="colorString"/>

XAML Values

  • singleBrush
    Within opening and closing property elements for Border.Background, exactly one object element for an object that derives from Brush. This is typically one of the following classes defined by Silverlight: LinearGradientBrush, RadialGradientBrush, ImageBrush, SolidColorBrush, VideoBrush.

  • colorString
    The Color for a SolidColorBrush expressed as an attribute string. This can be a named color, an RGB value, or an ScRGB value. RGB or ScRGB may also specify alpha information. See the XAML Values section in Color.

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Brush
The brush that fills the background.

Remarks

Dependency property identifier field: BackgroundProperty

Examples

The following example shows how to set the background of a Border.

<Border Background="Cyan" CornerRadius="20" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="2">
    <TextBlock Text="Background Brush" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Border>

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

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

See Also

Reference

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