Control.BorderThickness Property

.NET Framework (current version)

Gets or sets the border thickness of a control.

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

Syntax

<BindableAttribute(True)>
Public Property BorderThickness As Thickness

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Thickness

A thickness value; the default is a thickness of 0 on all four sides.

Remarks

This property only affects a control whose template uses the BorderThickness property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	BorderThicknessProperty
Metadata properties set to true	AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender

Examples

The following example shows how to set the border thickness property of a control.

XAML

<Button Name="btn9" BorderThickness="5.0" 
        Click="ChangeBorderThickness" TabIndex="2">
  BorderThickness
</Button>

Private Sub ChangeBorderThickness(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    If (btn9.BorderThickness.Left = 5.0) Then
        btn9.BorderThickness = New Thickness(2.0)
        btn9.Content = "Control BorderThickness changes from 5 to 2."

    Else
        btn9.BorderThickness = New Thickness(5.0)
        btn9.Content = "BorderThickness"
    End If

End Sub

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 3.0
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0