ImageBrush Class

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Paints an area with an image.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Windows.DependencyObject
    System.Windows.Media.Brush
      System.Windows.Media.TileBrush
        System.Windows.Media.ImageBrush

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ImageBrush _
    Inherits TileBrush
public sealed class ImageBrush : TileBrush
<ImageBrush .../>

The ImageBrush type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ImageBrush Initializes a new instance of the ImageBrush class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone AlignmentX Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of content in the TileBrush base tile. (Inherited from TileBrush.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone AlignmentY Gets or sets the vertical alignment of content in the TileBrush base tile. (Inherited from TileBrush.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Dispatcher Gets the Dispatcher this object is associated with. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ImageSource Gets or sets the image displayed by this ImageBrush.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Opacity Gets or sets the degree of opacity of a Brush. (Inherited from Brush.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone RelativeTransform Gets or sets the transformation that is applied to the brush using relative coordinates. (Inherited from Brush.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Stretch Gets or sets a value that specifies how the content of this TileBrush stretches to fit its tiles. (Inherited from TileBrush.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Transform Gets or sets the transformation that is applied to the brush. (Inherited from Brush.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CheckAccess Determines whether the calling thread has access to this object. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ClearValue Clears the local value of a dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetAnimationBaseValue Returns any base value established for a Silverlight dependency property, which would apply in cases where an animation is not active. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetValue Returns the current effective value of a dependency property from a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ReadLocalValue Returns the local value of a dependency property, if a local value is set. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone SetValue Sets the local value of a dependency property on a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Events

  Name Description
Public eventSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ImageFailed Occurs when there is an error associated with image retrieval or format.
Public eventSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ImageOpened Occurs when the image source is downloaded and decoded with no failure. You can use this event to determine the size of an image before rendering it.

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Fields

  Name Description
Public fieldStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ImageSourceProperty Identifies the ImageSource dependency property.

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Remarks

An ImageBrush paints an area with an ImageSource. The ImageSource subclass that is defined by Silverlight 5 is BitmapImage, which describes a bitmap graphic.

An ImageBrush is a type of TileBrush that defines its content as an image. You can control how the image is stretched, aligned, and tiled, enabling you to produce patterns and other effects.

One use for an ImageBrush is to create a decorative effect for text in your application.

If the ImageSource property is set to an invalid format, or is specified to a URI that cannot be resolved, then the ImageFailed event is raised.

Examples

The following XAML example shows how to set the Foreground property of a TextBlock to an ImageBrush, whose image is used as the fill for the TextBlock rendered text.

<!-- TextBlock with an image brush applied to the text. -->
<TextBlock FontFamily="Verdana" FontSize="72"
 FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold">
    SHRUBBERY
  <TextBlock.Foreground>
    <ImageBrush ImageSource="forest.jpg"/>
  </TextBlock.Foreground>
</TextBlock>

The following illustration shows the results of this XAML example.

The output of the code

Output from an ImageBrush.

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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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