PasswordBox.SelectionBackground Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Gets or sets the brush used to render the background for the selected text.
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
<PasswordBox> <PasswordBox.SelectionBackground> singleBrush </PasswordBox.SelectionBackground> </PasswordBox>
<PasswordBox SelectionBackground="colorString"/>
XAML Values
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.Media.BrushThe brush that fills the background of the selected text.
Dependency property identifier field: SelectionBackgroundProperty
Use the SelectionBackground property to change the background of the selected password in the password box control.
The following code snippet shows how you can use the SelectionBackground property to set the background of the selected password in a PasswordBox. This example is part of a larger example available in the PasswordBox class overview.
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Avoid hard-coding a password within your source code. |
<TextBlock Text="Demonstrating styles for PasswordBox" Margin="20,10,0,0" /> <TextBlock FontSize="18" Margin="20,10,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap"> Select the following password to view the results of setting the SelectionForeground and SelectionBackground properties. </TextBlock> <PasswordBox Margin="20,10,0,0" Password="HelloWorld" Width="200" Height="70" SelectionForeground="Black" HorizontalAlignment="Left"> <PasswordBox.SelectionBackground> <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1"> <GradientStop Color="Gray" Offset="0.0" /> <GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1.0" /> </LinearGradientBrush> </PasswordBox.SelectionBackground> </PasswordBox>
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