Styling Tree Connector Lines (xamTreeGrid)

Topic Overview

Purpose

This topic explains how to style the control’s tree connector lines.

Required background

The following topics are prerequisites to understanding this topic:

Topic	Purpose
Features Overview (xamTreeGrid)	This topic explains the features supported by the control from developer perspective.
Visual Elements Overview (xamTreeGrid)	This topic provides an overview of the visual elements of the control.

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Styling Tree Connector Lines
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Styling Tree Connector Lines

Styling tree connector lines summary

The xamTreeGrid control’s connector lines can be styled by providing a Pen to the TreeLinePen property of the ViewSettings object.

Configurable aspect	Details	Properties
Styling Tree Connector Lines	Set a custom Pen for drawing the connector lines.	TreeLinePen

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to set a custom Pen for drawing the control’s connector lines:

In XAML:

<Page … >
  <Page.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <Pen x:Key="YellowGreenBrush" Thickness="2">
        <Pen.Brush>
          <LinearGradientBrush>
            <GradientStop Offset="0.0" Color="Green" />
            <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="Yellow" />
          </LinearGradientBrush>
        </Pen.Brush>
      </Pen>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Page.Resources>
  <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
    <igDP:XamTreeGrid x:Name="xtg" …>
      <igDP:XamTreeGrid.ViewSettings>
        <igDP:TreeViewSettings TreeLinePen="{StaticResource YellowGreenBrush}" />
      </igDP:XamTreeGrid.ViewSettings>
    </igDP:XamTreeGrid>
  </Grid>
</Page>

The following screenshot depicts the result from the code above:

Note	Note You can also set a `Pen` for the tree connector lines by just creating a `Pen` and set the `Key` property to: `{x:Static igDP:DataPresenterBrushKeys.TreeLinePen}`.

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