Liquid Glass Effect in .NET MAUI Toolbar (SfToolbar)

24 Dec 202513 minutes to read

The Liquid Glass Effect introduces a modern, translucent design with adaptive color tinting and light refraction, creating a sleek, glass like user experience that remains clear and accessible. This section explains how to enable and customize the effect in the Syncfusion® .NET MAUI Toolbar (SfToolbar) control.

Apply liquid glass effect

Follow these steps to enable and configure the Liquid Glass Effect in the Toolbar control:

Step 1: Enable the liquid glass effect on Toolbar

Set the EnableLiquidGlassEffect property to true in the SfToolbar control to apply the Liquid Glass Effect. When enabled, the effect is also applied to its dependent controls and provides responsive interaction for a smooth and engaging user experience.

Step 2: Customize the background

To achieve a glass like background in the Toolbar, set the Background property to Transparent. The background will then be treated as a tinted color, ensuring a consistent glass effect across the controls.

The following code snippet demonstrates how to apply the Liquid Glass Effect to the SfToolbar control:

<ContentPage
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    xmlns:toolbar="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Toolbar;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Toolbar"
    x:Class="AcrylicToolbarPage">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.Background>
            <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0"
                                 EndPoint="0,1">
                <GradientStop Color="#0F4C75"
                              Offset="0.0"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#3282B8"
                              Offset="0.5"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#1B262C"
                              Offset="1.0"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </Grid.Background>
        <Grid>
            <toolbar:SfToolbar x:Name="Toolbar"
                    EnableLiquidGlassEffect="True"
                    HeightRequest="56"
                    CornerRadius="25"
                    SelectionCornerRadius="25"
                    Background="Transparent">
                <toolbar:SfToolbar.Items>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="Bold">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE770;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="Underline">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE762;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="Italic">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE771;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="AlignLeft">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE751;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="AlignRight">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE753;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="AlignCenter">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE752;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                    <toolbar:SfToolbarItem Name="AlignJustify">
                        <toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                            <FontImageSource Glyph="&#xE74F;"
                                             FontFamily="MauiMaterialAssets"/>
                        </toolbar:SfToolbarItem.Icon>
                    </toolbar:SfToolbarItem>
                </toolbar:SfToolbar.Items>
            </toolbar:SfToolbar>
        </Grid>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>
// Outer grid with gradient background
var mainGrid = new Grid()
{
    Background = new LinearGradientBrush()
    {
        StartPoint = new Point(0, 0),
        EndPoint = new Point(0, 1),
        GradientStops =
        {
            new GradientStop { Color = Color.FromArgb("#0F4C75"), Offset = 0.0f },
            new GradientStop { Color = Color.FromArgb("#3282B8"), Offset = 0.5f },
            new GradientStop { Color = Color.FromArgb("#1B262C"), Offset = 1.0f }
        }
    }
};

// Inner grid with fixed width
var innerGrid = new Grid();

// Toolbar with liquid glass effect
var toolbar = new SfToolbar()
{
    EnableLiquidGlassEffect = true,
    HeightRequest = 56,
    CornerRadius = 25,
    SelectionCornerRadius = 25,
    Background = Colors.Transparent,
};

// Toolbar items
ObservableCollection<BaseToolbarItem> itemCollection = new ObservableCollection<BaseToolbarItem>()
{
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "Bold",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE770", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    },
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "Underline",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE762", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    },
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "Italic",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE771", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    },
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "AlignLeft",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE751", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    },
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "AlignRight",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE753", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    },
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "AlignCenter",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE752", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    },
    new SfToolbarItem()
    {
        Name = "AlignJustify",
        Icon = new FontImageSource { Glyph = "\uE74F", FontFamily = "MauiMaterialAssets" }
    }
};
toolbar.Items = itemCollection;

innerGrid.Children.Add(toolbar);
mainGrid.Children.Add(innerGrid);
this.Content = mainGrid;

Liquid glass effect in .NET MAUI Toolbar

NOTE

  • Supported on macOS 26 or higher and iOS 26 or higher.
  • This feature is available only in .NET 10.