RadialGradientBrush.CenterProperty Field
Identifies the Center dependency property.
Namespace: System.Windows.Media
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
This example shows how to use the RadialGradientBrush class to paint an area with a radial gradient.
The following example uses a RadialGradientBrush to paint a rectangle with a radial gradient that transitions from yellow to red to blue to lime green.
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports System Imports System.Windows Imports System.Windows.Controls Imports System.Windows.Input Imports System.Windows.Media Imports System.Windows.Media.Animation Imports System.Windows.Shapes Namespace BrushesIntroduction Public Class RadialGradientBrushSnippet Inherits Page Public Sub New() Title = "RadialGradientBrush Example" Background = Brushes.White Margin = New Thickness(20) ' ' Create a RadialGradientBrush with four gradient stops. ' Dim radialGradient As New RadialGradientBrush() ' Set the GradientOrigin to the center of the area being painted. radialGradient.GradientOrigin = New Point(0.5, 0.5) ' Set the gradient center to the center of the area being painted. radialGradient.Center = New Point(0.5, 0.5) ' Set the radius of the gradient circle so that it extends to ' the edges of the area being painted. radialGradient.RadiusX = 0.5 radialGradient.RadiusY = 0.5 ' Create four gradient stops. radialGradient.GradientStops.Add(New GradientStop(Colors.Yellow, 0.0)) radialGradient.GradientStops.Add(New GradientStop(Colors.Red, 0.25)) radialGradient.GradientStops.Add(New GradientStop(Colors.Blue, 0.75)) radialGradient.GradientStops.Add(New GradientStop(Colors.LimeGreen, 1.0)) ' Freeze the brush (make it unmodifiable) for performance benefits. radialGradient.Freeze() ' Create a rectangle and paint it with the ' RadialGradientBrush. Dim aRectangle As New Rectangle() aRectangle.Width = 200 aRectangle.Height = 100 aRectangle.Fill = radialGradient Dim mainPanel As New StackPanel() mainPanel.Children.Add(aRectangle) Content = mainPanel End Sub End Class End Namespace
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="RadialGradientBrush Example" Background="White" Margin="20"> <StackPanel> <!-- This rectangle is painted with a radial gradient. --> <Rectangle Width="200" Height="100"> <Rectangle.Fill> <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.5,0.5" Center="0.5,0.5" RadiusX="0.5" RadiusY="0.5"> <RadialGradientBrush.GradientStops> <GradientStop Color="Yellow" Offset="0" /> <GradientStop Color="Red" Offset="0.25" /> <GradientStop Color="Blue" Offset="0.75" /> <GradientStop Color="LimeGreen" Offset="1" /> </RadialGradientBrush.GradientStops> </RadialGradientBrush> </Rectangle.Fill> </Rectangle> </StackPanel> </Page>
The following illustration shows the gradient from the preceding example. The gradient's stops have been highlighted.
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The examples in this topic use the default coordinate system for setting control points. The default coordinate system is relative to a bounding box: 0 indicates 0 percent of the bounding box, and 1 indicates 100 percent of the bounding box. You can change this coordinate system by setting the MappingMode property to the value Absolute. An absolute coordinate system is not relative to a bounding box. Values are interpreted directly in local space. |
For additional RadialGradientBrush examples, see the Brushes Sample. For more information about gradients and other types of brushes, see Painting with Solid Colors and Gradients Overview.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), 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.
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