SolidBrush Class
Defines a brush of a single color. Brushes are used to fill graphics shapes, such as rectangles, ellipses, pies, polygons, and paths. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace: System.Drawing
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
The SolidBrush type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Clone | Creates an exact copy of this SolidBrush object. (Overrides Brush.Clone().) |
| CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| Dispose() | Releases all resources used by this Brush object. (Inherited from Brush.) |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| SetNativeBrush | In a derived class, sets a reference to a GDI+ brush object. (Inherited from Brush.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The following code example adds a shadow to a ListBox using a SolidBrush.
This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form. To run this example, paste this code into a form and call the AddShadow method when handling the form's Paint event. Make sure the form contains a ListBox named listBox1.
private void AddShadow(PaintEventArgs e) { // Create two SizeF objects. SizeF shadowSize = listBox1.Size; SizeF addSize = new SizeF(10.5F, 20.8F); // Add them together and save the result in shadowSize. shadowSize = shadowSize + addSize; // Get the location of the ListBox and convert it to a PointF. PointF shadowLocation = listBox1.Location; // Add two points to get a new location. shadowLocation = shadowLocation + new Size(5, 5); // Create a rectangleF. RectangleF rectFToFill = new RectangleF(shadowLocation, shadowSize); // Create a custom brush using a semi-transparent color, and // then fill in the rectangle. Color customColor = Color.FromArgb(50, Color.Gray); SolidBrush shadowBrush = new SolidBrush(customColor); e.Graphics.FillRectangles(shadowBrush, new RectangleF[]{rectFToFill}); // Dispose of the brush. shadowBrush.Dispose(); }
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
