TextBlock.Foreground Property
.NET Framework 3.0
Gets or sets the Brush to apply to the text contents of the TextBlock.
Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in presentationframework.dll)
XML Namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in presentationframework.dll)
XML Namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation
/** @property */ public Brush get_Foreground () /** @property */ public void set_Foreground (Brush value)
public function get Foreground () : Brush public function set Foreground (value : Brush)
For XAML information, see the Brush type.
Property Value
The brush used to apply to the text contents. The default is Black.For a table of swatches that show the available pre-defined brush colors, see Brushes.
Any Foreground settings on child elements will override this top-level setting.
The following example shows how to set the Foreground attribute of a TextBlock element.
<TextBlock Name="textBlock" Background="AntiqueWhite" Foreground="Navy" FontFamily="Century Gothic" FontSize="12" FontStretch="UltraExpanded" FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="UltraBold" LineHeight="Auto" Padding="5,10,5,10" TextAlignment="Center" TextWrapping="Wrap" Typography.NumeralStyle="OldStyle" Typography.SlashedZero="True" > <Run Background="LightGreen">Text run 1.</Run> <LineBreak/><Run Background="LightBlue">Text run 2.</Run> <LineBreak/><Run Background="LightYellow">Text run 3.</Run> </TextBlock>
The following example shows how to set the Foreground property programmatically.
TextBlock textBlock = new TextBlock(new Run("A bit of text content...")); textBlock.Background = Brushes.AntiqueWhite; textBlock.Foreground = Brushes.Navy; textBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Century Gothic"); textBlock.FontSize = 12; textBlock.FontStretch = FontStretches.UltraExpanded; textBlock.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic; textBlock.FontWeight = FontWeights.UltraBold; textBlock.LineHeight = Double.NaN; textBlock.Padding = new Thickness(5, 10, 5, 10); textBlock.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center; textBlock.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap; textBlock.Typography.NumeralStyle = FontNumeralStyle.OldStyle; textBlock.Typography.SlashedZero = true;
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.