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Control.Background Property

Silverlight

Other Versions

Gets or sets a brush that provides the background of the control.

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

Syntax

public Brush Background { get; set; }

XAML Property Element Usage

<control>
  <control.Background>
    singleBrush
  </control.Background>
</control>

XAML Attribute Usage

<control Background="colorString"/>

XAML Values

singleBrush: Within opening and closing property elements for object.Background, 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.