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TextBox.SelectionForeground Property

Silverlight

Gets or sets the brush used for the selected text in the text box.

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

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public Brush SelectionForeground { get; set; }

XAML Property Element Usage

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<TextBox>
  <TextBox.SelectionForeground>
    singleBrush
  </TextBox.SelectionForeground>
</TextBox>

XAML Attribute Usage

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<TextBox SelectionForeground="colorString"/>

XAML Values

singleBrush: Within opening and closing property elements for object.SelectionForeground, exactly one object element for an object that derives from Brush. The object element is typically one of the following Silverlight classes: LinearGradientBrush, RadialGradientBrush, ImageBrush, SolidColorBrush, or VideoBrush.
colorString: The Color for a SolidColorBrush expressed as an attribute string. This can be a named color, an RGB value, or an ScRGB value. RGB or ScRGB may also specify alpha information. See Color.

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Brush
The brush used for the selected text in the text box.

Remarks

Dependency property identifier field: SelectionForegroundProperty.

Use the SelectionForeground property to change the foreground of the selected text in a text box control.

Examples

The following code snippet shows how you can use the SelectionForeground property to set the foreground of the selected text in a TextBox. This example is part of a larger example available in the TextBox class overview.

XAML

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<TextBlock Margin="20,40,0,0" Text="Demonstrating styles for TextBox" />

<TextBlock Margin="20,0,0,0" FontSize="11">
    Select the following text to view the results of SelectionForeground and SelectionBackground properties.
</TextBlock>

<TextBox Text="Styles" Margin="20,5,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="200" Height="35" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="15" Foreground="White" Background="Black" BorderBrush="White" SelectionForeground="Black">
    <TextBox.SelectionBackground>
        <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
            <GradientStop Color="Gray" Offset="0.0" />
            <GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1.0" />
        </LinearGradientBrush>
    </TextBox.SelectionBackground>
</TextBox>