July 2015
Intermediate to advanced
1300 pages
87h 27m
English
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Applying a VisualBrush
The VisualBrush enables you to fill an object with the content of another visual element in the user interface. For example, you could set a button’s background with the content of a MediaElement that is playing a video. Applying a VisualBrush is simple, in that you just need to assign its Visual property with the name of the visual element you want to bind. The following code example shows how you can assign another visual element currently in the user interface as the background of a button:
<Button Width="100" Margin="5" Grid.Row="5"> <Button.Background> <VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=GradientRectangle}"/> </Button.Background></Button>
The requirement is that the ...
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