TextElement.Background Property

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

The brush used to fill the background of the content area, or null to not use a background brush. The default is null.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the Background attribute, using Paragraph as the example element.

<FlowDocumentReader>
 <FlowDocument>
 <Paragraph
 Background="Bisque"
 Foreground="DarkGreen"
 Padding="4"
 >
 <Run>
 This text has a foreground color of dark green, and a background color of bisque.
 </Run>
 </Paragraph>
 </FlowDocument>
</FlowDocumentReader>

The following figure shows how the preceding example renders.

👁 Screenshot: Foreground of green, background bisque

The following example shows how to set the Background property programmatically.

Run run = new Run(
 "This text has a foreground color of dark green, and a background color of bisque.");
Paragraph par = new Paragraph(run);

par.Background = Brushes.Bisque;
par.Foreground = Brushes.DarkGreen;

Dim run As New Run("This text has a foreground color of dark green, and a background color of bisque.")
Dim par As New Paragraph(run)

par.Background = Brushes.Bisque
par.Foreground = Brushes.DarkGreen

Remarks

For a table of swatches that show the available predefined brush colors, see Brushes.

Dependency Property Information

See also

• Foreground