UIElement.Effect Property (System.Windows)

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UIElement.Effect Property

Updated: July 2008

Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the UIElement. This is a dependency property.

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Property Effect As Effect
	Get
	Set
C#
public Effect Effect { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property Effect^ Effect {
	Effect^ get ();
	void set (Effect^ value);
}
F#
member Effect : Effect with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Effects.Effect
An Effect that represents the bitmap effect.
Dependency Property Information

Identifier field

EffectProperty

Metadata properties set to true

None
Remarks

Use the Effect property to apply a bitmap effect to a UIElement.

Examples

The following XAML shows how to assign a custom ShaderEffect to the Effect property.

XAML

<Window x:Class="ShaderEffectDemo.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ShaderEffectDemo"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
    <Window.Resources>
        <local:ThresholdEffect x:Key="thresholdEffect" Threshold="0.25" BlankColor="Orange" />
    </Window.Resources>

    <Grid Effect="{StaticResource thresholdEffect}">

    </Grid>
</Window>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1, 3.0 SP2

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
See Also

Reference

UIElement Class
System.Windows Namespace
Effect
ShaderEffect
Change History

Date

History

Reason

July 2008

Added topic for new member.

SP1 feature change.