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StylusTip Enumeration

Specifies the tip to be used to draw a Stroke.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Ink
Assembly:  PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

'Declaration
Public Enumeration StylusTip
'Usage
Dim instance As StylusTip
This class is not typically used in XAML.

Member nameDescription
RectangleRepresents a rectangle-shaped tip.
EllipseRepresents an ellipse-shaped tip.

You can specify the shape of the tip that is used to draw Stroke objects by setting the DrawingAttributes.StylusTip property.

The following example demonstrates how to use two DrawingAttributes objects to simulate using a pen and a highlighter on the same InkCanvas. The highlighter's StylusTip property is set to Rectangle.

The example assumes the root element in the "XAML" file is a DockPanel called root. It also assumes that there is a Button called btnToggleHilighter and that the Click event has been connected to the event handler.

Private WithEvents inkCanvas1 As New InkCanvas()
Private inkDA As DrawingAttributes
Private highlighterDA As DrawingAttributes
Private useHighlighter As Boolean = False 

' Add an InkCanvas to the window, and allow the user to  
' switch between using a green pen and a purple highlighter  
' on the InkCanvas. 
Private Sub WindowLoaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    inkCanvas1.Background = Brushes.DarkSlateBlue
    inkCanvas1.DefaultDrawingAttributes.Color = Colors.SpringGreen

    ' Add the InkCanvas to the DockPanel, named root.
    root.Children.Add(inkCanvas1)

    ' Set up the DrawingAttributes for the pen.
    inkDA = New DrawingAttributes()
    With inkDA
        .Color = Colors.SpringGreen
        .Height = 5
        .Width = 5
        .FitToCurve = True 
    End With 

    ' Set up the DrawingAttributes for the highlighter.
    highlighterDA = New DrawingAttributes()
    With highlighterDA
        .Color = Colors.Orchid
        .IsHighlighter = True
        .IgnorePressure = True
        .StylusTip = StylusTip.Rectangle
        .Height = 30
        .Width = 10
    End With

    inkCanvas1.DefaultDrawingAttributes = inkDA

End Sub 'WindowLoaded


' Create a button called switchHighlighter and use  
' SwitchHighlighter_Click to handle the Click event.   
' The useHighlighter variable is a boolean that indicates 
' whether the InkCanvas renders ink as a highlighter. 

' Switch between using the 'pen' DrawingAttributes and the  
' 'highlighter' DrawingAttributes when the user clicks on . 
Private Sub SwitchHighlighter_Click(ByVal sender As [Object], ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    useHighlighter = Not useHighlighter

    If useHighlighter Then
        switchHighlighter.Content = "Use Pen"
        inkCanvas1.DefaultDrawingAttributes = highlighterDA
    Else

        switchHighlighter.Content = "Use Highlighter"
        inkCanvas1.DefaultDrawingAttributes = inkDA
    End If 

End Sub 'SwitchHighlighter_Click

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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