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Re: How to set background color for ComboBox?

kent.zhou — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:11 GMT

Thanks for your information. My ComboBox uses template for the list item. It looks like:

For template there is no backgroupd property. I can set background for Stackpanel, but that only be effective for the list item, between the item in the list , there is a gap with another color. What I want is set the a background color for whole box for the dropdown(Default is white), not each item in the list.

Re: How to set background color for ComboBox?

Amanda Wang - MSFT — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:33:43 GMT

Hi Kent,

If you want the dropdown list has the different background color with the text field, you can set the ComboBoxItem's Background, below code work fine on our labs:

Re: How to set background color for ComboBox?

vitor_canova — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:45:18 GMT

I dont't know exacly you need. If you show me a image with your wish. But if I need to change the appearance of a control I open with Expression Blend 2 and select him. After that I do a reverse click on control in "Objects and Timeline", "Edit Control Parts (Template)", "Edit a Copy" and select to do this in application. Like this:

How to set background color for ComboBox?

kent.zhou — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:57:43 GMT

How to set background color only for dropdown list box for ComboBox not for the text field? I tried to set Property Background and it seemed ineffective.