BaseButton.PaintStyle Property

Gets or sets the button’s paint style.

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

[DefaultValue(PaintStyles.Default)]
[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public PaintStyles PaintStyle { get; set; }

<DefaultValue(PaintStyles.Default)>
<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Property PaintStyle As PaintStyles

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PaintStyles	Default

The button’s paint style.

Remarks

Use the PaintStyle property to switch between the Default and Light render modes.

Default - A button renders its background in all states (normal, hovered, pressed and focused).
Light - A button renders its background only when hovered, pressed or selected. This mode is specifically designed so you can create a group of borderless buttons.

Example

The following example arranges SimpleButtons in a StackPanel and enables the Light button paint style.

Note

The svgImageCollection1 was created and populated at design time.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    SimpleButton btn = new SimpleButton();
    btn.Size = new Size(42, 42);
    btn.PaintStyle = DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PaintStyles.Light;
    btn.Text = "";
    btn.ImageOptions.Location = ImageLocation.MiddleCenter;
    btn.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1[$"chart{i}"];
    stackPanel1.Controls.Add(btn);
}

For i As Integer = 0 To 3
    Dim btn As New SimpleButton()
    btn.Size = New Size(42, 42)
    btn.PaintStyle = DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.PaintStyles.Light
    btn.Text = ""
    btn.ImageOptions.Location = ImageLocation.MiddleCenter
    btn.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1($"chart{i}")
    stackPanel1.Controls.Add(btn)
Next i

To prevent a SimpleButton from being focused, use the SimpleButton.AllowFocus property.