Picker Text display mode in .NET MAUI Picker (SfPicker)

19 Sep 20242 minutes to read

The picker text display mode is specified in the picker property enumeration, which is used to display the picker items based on the modes. It offers four modes: Default, Fade, Shrink and FadeAndShrink. The default picker text display mode is Default in the SfPicker.

Fade Mode

The fade mode in the picker gradually decreases the visibility of unselected items relative to the selected item. This effect is achieved by setting the TextDisplayMode property to Fade in SfPicker.

XAML

<picker:SfPicker x:Name="picker"
                 TextDisplayMode="Fade"/>

C#

SfPicker picker = new SfPicker()
{
    TextDisplayMode = PickerTextDisplayMode.Fade
};

this.Content = picker;

Shrink Mode

The shrink mode is used to display the font size of picker items decreased from the selected item by setting the TextDisplayMode property to Shrink in SfPicker.

XAML

<picker:SfPicker x:Name="picker"
                 TextDisplayMode="Shrink"/>

C#

SfPicker picker = new SfPicker()
{
    TextDisplayMode = PickerTextDisplayMode.Shrink
};

this.Content = picker;

FadeAndShrink Mode

The fade and shrink mode are used to decrease the opacity and font size of picker items from the selected item by setting the TextDisplayMode property to FadeAndShrink in SfPicker.

XAML

<picker:SfPicker x:Name="picker"
                 TextDisplayMode="FadeAndShrink"/>

C#

SfPicker picker = new SfPicker()
{
    TextDisplayMode = PickerTextDisplayMode.FadeAndShrink
};

this.Content = picker;