Questions tagged [brush]
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Convert string to Brushes/Brush color name in C#
I have a configuration file where a developer can specify a text color by passing in a string:
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Brush to Brush Animation
I managed to find out how to make a WPF animation - transition between two colors.
It's called ColorAnimation and works well.
ColorAnimation animation = new ColorAnimation
{
From = Colors.DarkGreen,
To = Colors.Transparent,
Duration =…
user1018711
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Reference to another Brush from one Brush in xaml
Is it possible to directly reference to a Brush value from another Brush in my resource dictionary, without using a Color definition (or to be exact, copy one brush resource into another)?
For example, I have a Brush definition:
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WPF - How can I make a brush that paints graph-paper-like squares?
How might I create a brush that paints a regular, repeated grid of 1-unit thick lines spaced evenly in both the horizontal and vertical axes? Imagine graph paper, if you will.
Ideally the solution would allow control over the brushes used for the…
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Update the y-axis of a brushed area chart
I am using d3.js, and I'm working on a brushed area chart by modifying this example. In addition to the x-axis changing based on the brush, I'd like chart's y-axis to be redrawn, based on the y-values of the data that fall within the brush (similar…
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Create stripe brush in WPF
How can I create a brush (DrawingBrush) for stripes as shown in the blog:
http://blog.pixelingene.com/2008/09/quick-tip-to-get-a-striped-background/
I can't use it because it uses scale transform, which means if the UI element is small, the stripes…
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c# radial gradient brush effect in GDI and winforms
I have created a c# windows application and written 75% of the code. The program allows the user to create a flow chart, and will shade the flow chart shapes according to their status. I wanted them to become 3d buttons such as from the website…
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How do I implement a custom Brush in WPF?
Where can I find out enough info about how Brushes work to implement my own System.Windows.Media.Brush? I can handle all of the freezable baggage, but it's not really obvious what I need to override to get it to work.
Yeah, so I didn't mean that I…
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Simpliest way to convert a Color as a string like #XXXXXX to System.Windows.Media.Brush
I think that the title is clear !
What I have now is :
System.Drawing.Color uiui = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(myString);
var intColor = (uint)((uiui.A << 24) | (uiui.R << 16) | (uiui.G << 8) | (uiui.B << 0));
var bytes =…
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brush on rotated lines using d3 to create zoom effect
I am working on this plnkr. I have three lines at angle 30, 45 and 60. I want to apply a brush on these lines so that when the chart is brushed the lines get redrawn at where it crossed the brushed rectangle with appropriate the values on the axis.…
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System.Windows.Freezable is missing
I have got a Class Library project where I keep some interfaces and classes for my WPF Application and RIA Services.
Into the one of class I want to add a member
Brush BackgroundColor { set; get; }
or
SolidColorBrush BackgroundColor { set; get;…
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How to use LinearGradientBrush and Background
I'm trying to paint a background of my WPF window using LinearGradientBrush, however my code doesn't work.
Here is the code
LinearGradientBrush gradientBrush = new LinearGradientBrush( Color.FromArgb(0, 209, 227, 250), Color.FromArgb(0, 170, 199,…
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d3.js brush fill color histogram
i have created some histogram with d3.js.
I managed to change fill color of rect depending on the position of the brush.
But i would like to change the color inside a rect. For example if the brush start is in the middle of the rect i would like…
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WPF 'magic' negating brush?
I have a gradient that changes its colors, I want the text inside it should always be visible.
I rather doing it dynamically if there is any out-the-box resource; I want a 'magic brush' that negates the color.
Any experiments?
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Repeat a background brush in WPF
and thank you.
This question is very similar to this old, unanswered question here:
How to paint notebook-like lines as TextBox background? However, it is not the same - not exactly.
I would like to create a notepad, lined paper-like background but…
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