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Border.Background Property

.NET Framework 3.5

Other Versions

Gets or sets the Brush that fills the area between the bounds of a Border. This is a dependency property.

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

Syntax

C++

JScript

public function get Background () : Brush 
public function set Background (value : Brush)

XAML

For XAML information, see the Brush type.

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.

JScript

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

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.

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, 3.0

Reference

Border Class

Border Members

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

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