BaseLayoutItem.Appearance Property

Gets or sets the object that provides appearance settings for the item’s captions. This is a dependency property.

Assembly : DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public Appearance Appearance { get; set; }

Public Property Appearance As Appearance

Property Value

Type	Description
Appearance

The appearance settings of the item caption.

Remarks

You can use the Appearance property to customize the appearance settings for the item’s caption when it’s in the normal and active (selected) states.

XAML

xaml

<Window ...
    xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
    <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
        <dxdo:LayoutGroup x:Name="LayoutRoot" Orientation="Vertical">
            <dxdo:LayoutPanel Caption="Panel1">
                <dxdo:LayoutPanel.Appearance>
                    <dxdo:Appearance>
                        <dxdo:Appearance.Normal>
                            <dxdo:AppearanceObject Background="Green" />
                        </dxdo:Appearance.Normal>
                        <dxdo:Appearance.Active>
                            <dxdo:AppearanceObject Background="Red" />
                        </dxdo:Appearance.Active>
                    </dxdo:Appearance>
                </dxdo:LayoutPanel.Appearance>
                <TextBox />
            </dxdo:LayoutPanel>
            <dxdo:LayoutPanel Caption="Panel2"/>
        </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
    </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</Window>