UIElement.Effect Property (System.Windows)

Effect Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

UIElement..::.Effect Property

Updated: July 2008

Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the UIElement. This is a dependency property.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property Effect As Effect

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As UIElement
Dim value As Effect

value = instance.Effect

instance.Effect = value

public Effect Effect { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property Effect^ Effect {
    Effect^ get ();
    void set (Effect^ value);
}

JScript

public function get Effect () : Effect
public function set Effect (value : Effect)

XAML

For XAML information, see the Effect type.

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Effects..::.Effect
An Effect that represents the bitmap effect.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	EffectProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

Remarks

Use the Effect property to apply a bitmap effect to a UIElement.

Examples

The following XAML shows how to assign a custom ShaderEffect to the Effect property.

XAML

<Window x:Class="ShaderEffectDemo.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ShaderEffectDemo"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
    <Window.Resources>
        <local:ThresholdEffect x:Key="thresholdEffect" Threshold="0.25" BlankColor="Orange" />
    </Window.Resources>

    <Grid Effect="{StaticResource thresholdEffect}">

    </Grid>
</Window>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5 SP1, 3.0 SP2

Reference

UIElement Class

UIElement Members

System.Windows Namespace

Effect

ShaderEffect

Change History

Date	History	Reason
July 2008	Added topic for new member.	SP1 feature change.

Date

History

Reason

July 2008

Added topic for new member.

SP1 feature change.