Control.Foreground Property

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Gets or sets a brush that describes the foreground color.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Foreground As Brush

public Brush Foreground { get; set; }

<control>
  <control.Foreground>
    singleBrush
  </control.Foreground>
</control>

<control Foreground="colorString"/>

singleBrush
Within opening and closing property elements for object.Foreground, exactly one object element for an object that derives from Brush. The object element is typically one of the following Silverlight classes: LinearGradientBrush, RadialGradientBrush, ImageBrush, SolidColorBrush, or VideoBrush.
colorString
The Color for a SolidColorBrush expressed as an attribute string. This can be a named color, an RGB value, or an ScRGB value. RGB or ScRGB may also specify alpha information. See Color.

Type: System.Windows.Media.Brush
The brush that paints the foreground of the control. The default value is Black.

Dependency property identifier field: ForegroundProperty

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.