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Border.Background Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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Gets or sets the Brush that fills the area between the bounds of a Border.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

Syntax

C++

public Brush Background { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Brush
The Brush that draws the background. This property has no default value.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	BackgroundProperty
Metadata properties set to true	AffectsRender, SubPropertiesDoNotAffectRender

Examples

The following example shows how to set the value of the Background property by using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and code.


myBorder1 = new Border();
myBorder1.BorderBrush = Brushes.SlateBlue;
myBorder1.BorderThickness = new Thickness(5, 10, 15, 20);
myBorder1.Background = Brushes.AliceBlue;
myBorder1.Padding = new Thickness(5);
myBorder1.CornerRadius = new CornerRadius(15);

XAML


<Border BorderBrush="SlateBlue" BorderThickness="5,10,15,20" Background="AliceBlue" Padding="5" CornerRadius="15">

More Code

How to: Wrap a Border Around the Content of a Canvas

This example shows how to wrap a Canvas element with a Border.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, 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.

Reference

Border Class

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

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