More Colors Dialog in WinUI DropDown Color Palette

14 Jul 20261 minute to read

This section describes how to pick additional colors from the More Colors dialog in the WinUI DropDown Color Palette control.

Choosing a Color from More Colors dialog

The More Colors… button is visible by default at the bottom of the dropdown palette. If you want to choose a color that is not available in the theme and standard palette, click the More Colors… button and select the color from the color spectrum, then click the OK button. The chosen color is applied to the SelectedBrush property. Click the Cancel button to discard the selection and close the dialog.

The visibility of the More Colors… button can be controlled using the ShowMoreColorsButton property.

<editors:SfDropDownColorPalette Name="sfDropDownColorPalette"/>
SfDropDownColorPalette sfDropDownColorPalette = new SfDropDownColorPalette();

Dropdown Color Palette with more color dialog

NOTE

Download demo application from GitHub

Recently used Colors

If you want to choose a brush that was recently selected from the More Colors dialog, use the Recent Colors panel.

NOTE

Colors selected from the theme and standard palettes are not added to the recent colors. Only colors picked from the More Colors dialog populate the Recent Colors panel.

<editors:SfDropDownColorPalette Name="sfDropDownColorPalette"/>
SfDropDownColorPalette sfDropDownColorPalette = new SfDropDownColorPalette();

Dropdown Color Palette with recently used color items