Control.Foreground Property

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

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public System.Windows.Media.Brush Foreground { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.Foreground : System.Windows.Media.Brush with get, set

Public Property Foreground As Brush

Property Value

The brush that paints the foreground of the control. The default value is the system dialog font color.

Attributes

BindableAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to set the font style property of a control.

<Button Name="btn1" Foreground="Black" 
 Click="ChangeForeground">
 Foreground
</Button>

void ChangeForeground(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
 if (btn1.Foreground == Brushes.Green)
 {
 btn1.Foreground = Brushes.Black;
 btn1.Content = "Foreground";
 }
 else
 {
 btn1.Foreground = Brushes.Green;
 btn1.Content = "Control foreground(text) changes from black to green.";
 }
}

Private Sub ChangeForeground(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

 If (Equals(btn1.Foreground, Brushes.Green)) Then

 btn1.Foreground = Brushes.Black
 btn1.Content = "Foreground"

 Else

 btn1.Foreground = Brushes.Green
 btn1.Content = "Control foreground(text) changes from black to green."
 End If
End Sub

Remarks

This property only affects a control whose template uses the Foreground property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact.

Dependency Property Information