Pen.DashStyle Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Media

Assembly:: PresentationCore.dll

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Gets or sets a value that describes the pattern of dashes generated by this Pen.

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

public System.Windows.Media.DashStyle DashStyle { get; set; }

member this.DashStyle : System.Windows.Media.DashStyle with get, set

Public Property DashStyle As DashStyle

Property Value

DashStyle

A value that describes the pattern of dashes generated by this Pen. The default is Solid, which indicates that there should be no dashes.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the DashStyle property of a Pen to create a dashed line under text.

<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" >
  <StackPanel Margin="20">

    <TextBlock FontSize="36">
      the lazy brown dog.
      <TextBlock.TextDecorations>
        <TextDecoration Location="Underline"  
          PenThicknessUnit="FontRecommended">
          <TextDecoration.Pen>
            <Pen Thickness="1.5" Brush="Red" >

              <!-- For the underline, create a dashed line with each
                   dash twice the thickness of the Pen and each gap 8 times
                   the thickness of the Pen. -->
              <Pen.DashStyle>
                <DashStyle Dashes="2,8"/>
              </Pen.DashStyle>
            </Pen>
          </TextDecoration.Pen>
        </TextDecoration>
      </TextBlock.TextDecorations>
    </TextBlock>
  </StackPanel>
</Page>

Remarks

The DashStyles class provides a set of predefined dash patterns.

Dependency Property Information


Identifier field	DashStyleProperty
Metadata properties set to `true`	None

Applies to