DropDownButton Class

Represents a button that when clicked displays a drop-down in which you can place any custom content.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<TemplatePartAttribute(Name="PART_DropDownButton", Type=System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton)>

<DefaultPropertyAttribute("Content")>

<ContentPropertyAttribute("Content")>

<LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory.None, Readability=Readability.Unreadable)>

<StyleTypedPropertyAttribute(Property="FocusVisualStyle", StyleTargetType=System.Windows.Controls.Control)>

<XmlLangPropertyAttribute("Language")>

<UsableDuringInitializationAttribute(True)>

<RuntimeNamePropertyAttribute("Name")>

<UidPropertyAttribute("Uid")>

<TypeDescriptionProviderAttribute(MS.Internal.ComponentModel.DependencyObjectProvider)>

<NameScopePropertyAttribute("NameScope", System.Windows.NameScope)>

Public Class DropDownButton 

   Inherits System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl

'Usage
 
Dim instance As DropDownButton

[TemplatePart(Name="PART_DropDownButton", Type=System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton)]

[DefaultProperty("Content")]

[ContentProperty("Content")]

[Localizability(LocalizationCategory.None, Readability=Readability.Unreadable)]

[StyleTypedProperty(Property="FocusVisualStyle", StyleTargetType=System.Windows.Controls.Control)]

[XmlLangProperty("Language")]

[UsableDuringInitialization(true)]

[RuntimeNameProperty("Name")]

[UidProperty("Uid")]

[TypeDescriptionProvider(MS.Internal.ComponentModel.DependencyObjectProvider)]

[NameScopeProperty("NameScope", System.Windows.NameScope)]

public class DropDownButton : System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl

Example

The following shows how to create a DropDownButton.

XAML

<xctk:DropDownButton Content="Click Me" Margin="15" >

    <xctk:DropDownButton.DropDownContent>

        <xctk:ColorCanvas />

    </xctk:DropDownButton.DropDownContent>

</xctk:DropDownButton>

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
      System.Windows.DependencyObject
         System.Windows.Media.Visual
            System.Windows.UIElement
               System.Windows.FrameworkElement
                  System.Windows.Controls.Control
                     System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl
                        Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.DropDownButton
                           Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.MaterialDropDown
                           Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.SplitButton

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

DropDownButton Members
Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit Namespace