Border.Background Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets the Brush that fills the area between the bounds of a Border.

public:
 property System::Windows::Media::Brush ^ Background { System::Windows::Media::Brush ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::Media::Brush ^ value); };

public System.Windows.Media.Brush Background { get; set; }

member this.Background : System.Windows.Media.Brush with get, set

Public Property Background As Brush

Property Value

Brush

The Brush that draws the background. This property has no default value.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the value of the Background property by using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and code.

myBorder1 = new Border();
myBorder1.BorderBrush = Brushes.SlateBlue;
myBorder1.BorderThickness = new Thickness(5, 10, 15, 20);
myBorder1.Background = Brushes.AliceBlue;
myBorder1.Padding = new Thickness(5);
myBorder1.CornerRadius = new CornerRadius(15);

Dim myBorder1 As New Border()
myBorder1.BorderBrush = Brushes.SlateBlue
myBorder1.BorderThickness = New Thickness(5, 10, 15, 20)
myBorder1.Background = Brushes.AliceBlue
myBorder1.Padding = New Thickness(5)
myBorder1.CornerRadius = New CornerRadius(15)

<Border BorderBrush="SlateBlue" BorderThickness="5,10,15,20" Background="AliceBlue" Padding="5" CornerRadius="15">

Remarks

Dependency Property Information

Item	Value
Identifier field	BackgroundProperty
Metadata properties set to true	AffectsRender, SubPropertiesDoNotAffectRender