Appearance and Styling | ComponentOne Expression Editor for WPF

Appearance and Styling

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Expression Editor supports customizing its appearance by changing the look of its elements.

C1ExpressionEditorPanel class provides following properties to modify the appearance of Expression Editor's panel.

Properties	Purpose
ButtonBackground	Modifies the background color of buttons inside the control.
ButtonForeground	Modifies the foreground color of buttons inside the control.
MoveOverBrush	Highlights the buttons when mouse is hovered on the buttons inside the control.
Background	Modifies the background color of the control.
Foreground	Modifies the foreground color of the control.
BorderThickness	Adjusts the thickness of the control's border.
BorderBrush	Modifies the color of the control's border.
FontFamily	Modifies the font of the text inside the control.
FontStyle	Modifies the style (Italic, Normal, or Oblique) in which the font is rendered.
FontSize	Modifies the font size of the text inside the control.
FontStretch	Specifies how the font of the control will expand or condense.
FontWeight	Modifies the thickness of control's font.

C1ExpressionEditor class provides following properties to modify the appearance of Expression Editor's text box.

Properties	Purpose
Background	Modifies the background color of the control.
Foreground	Modifies the foreground color of the control.
BorderThickness	Adjusts the thickness of the control's border.
BorderBrush	Modifies the color of the control's border.
FontFamily	Modifies the font of the text inside the control.
FontStyle	Modifies the style (Italic, Normal, or Oblique) in which the font is rendered.
FontSize	Modifies the font size of the text inside the control.
FontStretch	Specifies how the font of the control will expand or condense.
FontWeight	Modifies the thickness of control's font.

The following image illustrates customizing the appearance of Expression Editor.

The following code demonstrates changing the appearance of Expression Editor control.

ExpressionEditor.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Bradley Hand ITC");
ExpressionEditor.FontSize = 14;
ExpressionEditor.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic;
ExpressionEditor.FontWeight = FontWeights.Light;

ExpressionPanel.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Bradley Hand ITC");
ExpressionPanel.ButtonBackground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.BlanchedAlmond);
ExpressionPanel.ButtonForeground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.DarkOliveGreen);
ExpressionPanel.MouseOverBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.BurlyWood);
ExpressionPanel.FontSize = 14;
ExpressionPanel.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic;
ExpressionPanel.FontWeight = FontWeights.Light;

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