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#Fields
Name | Description |
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Default |
Modifies default values of various properties according to the selected DevExpress installation version. |
#Properties
Name | Description |
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Allow |
Gets or sets whether dragging-and-dropping columns/fields is indicated using arrow indicators. This is a static property. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether or not Data Grid and Tree |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether or not automatically generated UI elements (e. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether or not DevExpress Skins can be scaled on high-DPI devices. |
Allow |
Gets whether the form title bar skinning feature is enabled. This is a static property. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether animation on hovering objects is enabled. This is a static property. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether the window bounce (panning feedback) is enabled when an end-user tries to pan (scroll with the finger) beyond a control’s pannable area. This is a static property. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether smooth pixel-based scrolling is enabled for controls. This is a static property. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether or not all Ribbon |
Allow |
Specifies whether forms, dialogs, panels and tooltips have rounded corners. When this option is enabled, the form’s borders, including shadows, are drawn by the operating system. This option is only in effect in Windows 11. |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether or not you can use this application to preview custom skins in Win |
Allow |
Gets or sets whether the window ghosting feature is enabled for skinned Xtra |
Animation |
Gets or sets whether DevExpress controls animate end-user operations (expand/collapse, tab switch, sorting, etc.). This is a static (shared in VB) property. |
Auto |
Gets or sets whether UI elements should automatically adjust their foreground colors when these elements use DX Skin Colors for backgrounds. This behavior ensures the foreground color has enough contrast against the background to improve readability. |
Background |
Gets or sets whether colors assigned to Appearance |
Column |
Allows you to restore default filtering conditions for all Data Grid auto-filter rows to their 16. |
Column |
Gets or sets the default display mode of column filter dropdowns in all Grid |
Compact |
Reduces control paddings and margins to display more information on-screen in data-intensive applications. You can enable this mode at design time in the Project Settings Page. |
Custom |
Gets or sets settings that change application behavior in edge cases. |
Customization |
Gets or sets whether or not customization forms can stick to each other, parent forms or screen edges. |
Default |
Indicates whether HTML text formatting is enabled for controls by default. This is a static property. |
Default |
Gets or sets the default font for DevExpress controls (except menus and toolbars). This is a static property. |
Default |
Gets the default User |
Default |
Gets and sets the default font used to display text on menus, toolbars and popup menus (except Ribbon elements). This is a static property. |
Default |
Gets or sets the default text font for printing. This is a static property. |
Default |
Gets or sets the default style for all Ribbon |
Disable |
Gets or sets whether the accessibility features (interaction with accessibility tools such as Microsoft Narrator) of DevExpress controls are disabled. This is a static property, and thus it affects all controls in your application. |
Docking |
Gets or sets the style for all Dock |
Drag |
Gets or sets whether the scroll bar thumb restores its previous position or keeps the terminal position when it is dragged beyond a control. This is a static property. |
Drag |
Gets or sets the threshold, in pixels, beyond which the previous vertical scroll bar thumb position is restored. This property is in effect in the Restore mode. This is a static property.
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Enable |
Gets or sets whether to enable the Coded UI Test Extension. |
Filter |
Gets or sets the default display style of filter conditions in a control’s Filter Panel, MRU Filter List, and built-in Filter Editor. |
Find |
Gets or sets whether records that do not match a query in a find panel are hidden. |
Find |
Specifies the default comparison operator (Contains, Equals, Start |
Find |
Specifies the default behavior of a control’s Find Panel when it combines entered words to create a search query. This setting is applied to all controls that have their Options |
Focus |
Gets or sets the style of dashed lines to paint focus rectangles. This is a static property. |
Font |
Gets or sets the behavior specifying fonts used by DevExpress and standard .NET controls. This is a static property. Setting this property modifies the Windows |
Font |
Gets or sets the default icon font style. |
Format |
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Form |
Gets or sets whether all Xtra |
Inplace |
Gets or sets edit value update mode for Bar |
Is |
Gets whether smooth pixel-based scrolling is enabled for controls. This is a static property. |
Keyboard |
Gets or sets additional keyboard navigation options that you can enable for all controls within the application. |
Mdi |
Gets or sets whether all child MDI Xtra |
Optimize |
Gets or sets whether the application should disable various visual effects to enhance the performance when accessed over slow remote connections. |
Popup |
Gets or sets the animation effects that follow expanding and collapsing popup menus. |
Popup |
Gets or sets whether the Dev |
Popup |
Specifies the shadow style applied to all popup menus in this application. |
Preferred |
Gets or sets the culture settings used by date-time (calendar, scheduler, etc.) controls for month names, day abbreviations, and the first day of week. |
Prioritize |
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Ribbon |
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Right |
Gets or sets whether visual elements of DevExpress controls are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. This is a static property. |
Right |
Gets or sets whether right-to-left mirror placement is turned on. |
Scroll |
Gets or sets whether scroll bars are optimized for desktop or touch applications. This is a static (Shared in VB. |
Show |
Gets or sets whether a control’s scroll bars appear on screen when an end-user moves the mouse pointer over the scrollable content. This is a static property. |
Smart |
Gets or sets whether the mouse wheel scrolls the control that is currently hovered over with the mouse pointer or the control that is currently focused. This property is in effect for controls that reside within an Xtra |
Suppress |
Gets or sets whether to suppress accessibility events on mouse hover. This is a static property. |
Svg |
Gets or sets the rendering quality of vector images. |
Thick |
Gets or sets the width of Xtra |
Touch |
Gets or sets a scale factor used to calculate the size of controls and distance between their elements in touch UI mode. This is a static (Shared in VB. |
Touch |
Gets or sets whether controls increase their size and the distance between their elements according to a scale factor. This is a static (Shared in VB. |
Track |
If this property is enabled, your application automatically applies the DevExpress “High Contrast” skin when Windows high contrast mode is on, and disables UI selectors that allow users to change skins and skin palettes. Otherwise, if this property is disabled, the active application skin does not depend on the actual state of Windows high contrast mode, and users can select any skin or skin palette. Windows high contrast mode is configured in the “Personalize | High contrast settings” screen. |
Track |
Gets or sets whether to use the Accent Color setting in Windows OS and apply it to all color palettes of vector skins except the High Contrast skin. |
Track |
Gets or sets whether your application tracks the Default App Mode setting in Windows OS and displays only light or dark color palettes in a Skin gallery. This setting works only in “WXI”, “Basic”, and “The Bezier” skins. |
Use |
Specifies whether Win |
Use |
Switches all Text |
Use |
Gets or sets whether DevExpress controls and components that display Open File, Save File and Folder Browser dialogs should display standard Win |
Use |
Gets or sets whether to use the editor’s value (text) as accessible name (Accessibility ).
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Use |
Gets or sets whether DevExpress controls should use legacy Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) or UIAutomation. See this link for more information on both technologies: Microsoft Active Accessibility and UI Automation Compared. |
#Methods
Name | Description |
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Apply |
This method is called by DevExpress demos to apply specific settings. This is a static method. |
Disable |
Disables the title bar skinning feature for DevExpress forms and message boxes. |
Disable |
Disables the title bar skinning feature for MDI child DevExpress forms. |
Disable |
Disables window shadows for Xtra |
Enable |
Enables the title bar skinning feature for DevExpress forms and message boxes. |
Enable |
Enables the title bar skinning feature for DevExpress forms and message boxes, if the application is running under Microsoft Windows XP. |
Enable |
Enables the title bar skinning feature for MDI child DevExpress forms. |
Enable |
Re-enables form, message and dialog shadows that have been turned off with the Windows |
Equals |
Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object. |
Equals |
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object. |
Force |
Enables the mixed use of the DevExpress text rendering library and System. |
Force |
Turns the Direct |
Force |
Enables the use of the System. |
Force |
Allows you to trace all outdated APIs that are not recommended for use with Direct |
Force |
Enables the use of the System. |
Get |
Returns a custom accent color. |
Get |
Returns the second accent color. |
Get |
Returns the actual value of the Windows |
Get |
Returns whether animation on hovering objects is enabled. This is a static method. |
Get |
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Get |
Returns whether this application can serve as an External Preview Application in Win |
Get |
Returns the current Windows |
Get |
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Get |
Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object. |
Get |
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the specified control is actually aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. This is a static method. |
Get |
Returns a Boolean value that specifies whether DevExpress controls are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. The method parameter allows the default behavior to be specified. This is a static method. |
Get |
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether right-to-left mirror placement is turned on. The method parameter allows the default behavior to be specified. This is a static method. |
Get |
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether right-to-left mirror placement is turned on for the specified control or form. This is a static method. |
Get |
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Get |
Returns a Right |
Get |
Returns a Right |
Get |
Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object. |
Load |
Loads application settings and updates the corresponding CLR properties accordingly. |
Memberwise |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object. |
Reference |
Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object. |
Register |
Registers the specified skin stored as a BLOB for runtime use. This method replaces the previously used Skin |
Register |
Registers all skins from the target assembly, allowing you and your users to apply them. This method replaces the previously used Skin method that did not affect splash screens and required that you call the additional Splash |
Set |
Specifies a custom accent color. The custom accent color overrides the accent color setting in Windows OS (if the Track |
Set |
Specifies the second accent color. “The Bezier” skin supports the second accent color. Other skins do not support the second accent color. |
Set |
Enables system DPI awareness mode for the current process. |
Set |
Enables “Per-Monitor (v2)” DPI awareness mode for the process if it runs on versions greater than Windows 10 Creators Update (build 1703). On older Windows OS versions, enables system DPI awareness mode. |
To |
Returns a string that represents the current object. Inherited from Object. |
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