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11/17/2011

UIElement.Effect Property

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Gets or sets the pixel shader effect to use for rendering this UIElement.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Effect As Effect

public Effect Effect { get; set; }

<uiElement>
  <uiElement.Effect>
    singleEffect
  </uiElement.Effect>
</uiElement>

XAML Values

singleEffect
A single object element for an object that derives from Effect. Typically this is a BlurEffect or DropShadowEffect.

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Effects.Effect
The pixel shader effect to use for rendering this UIElement. The default is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) (no effects).

Remarks

Dependency property identifier field: EffectProperty

Examples of effects that can be applied are BlurEffect and DropShadowEffect.

Version Notes

Silverlight for Windows Phone

For Silverlight for Windows Phone, you need to set a CacheMode value in order to apply an Effect.

Examples

The following example shows a simple XAML definition of a BlurEffect value for Effect.

<StackPanel>
    <Button Content="You Can't Read This!"  Width="200">
        <Button.Effect>
            <BlurEffect Radius="10" />
        </Button.Effect>
    </Button>
</StackPanel>

For another example that shows how to define a custom shader-based effect and then apply it as a custom XAML element, see PixelShader.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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