Getting Started with WPF Color Palette (SfColorPalette)

18 Oct 20227 minutes to read

This section explains how to create a WPF SfColorPalette and explains about its structure and features.

Assembly deployment

Refer to the Control Dependencies section to get the list of assemblies or NuGet package that needs to be added as a reference to use the control in any application.

Refer to this documentation to find more details about installing nuget packages in a WPF application.

Creating Application with SfColorPalette control

In this walk through, user will create a WPF application that contains SfColorPalette control.

1. Creating project
2. Adding control via designer.
3. Adding control manually in XAML.
4. Adding control manually in C#.

Creating project

Below section provides detailed information to create new project in Visual Studio to display SfColorPalette.

Adding control via designer

The SfColorPalette control can be added to the application by dragging it from Toolbox and dropping it in designer. The required assembly will be added automatically.

• Syncfusion.SfColorPalette.WPF
• Syncfusion.SfShared.WPF

Adding control manually in XAML

In order to add SfColorPalette control manually in XAML, do the below steps,

1. Add the below required assembly references to the project,

   • Syncfusion.SfColorPalette.Wpf

   • Syncfusion.SfShared.Wpf

2. Import Syncfusion WPF schema http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf or SfColorPalette namespace Syncfusion.Windows.Controls.Media in XAML page.

3. Declare SfColorPalette control in XAML page.

   XAML

   <Window
           xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
           xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
           xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
           xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
           xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Check_UG"
           xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf" x:Class="Check_UG.MainWindow"
           mc:Ignorable="d"
           Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
   <Grid>
   <syncfusion:SfColorPalette HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="90,50,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="206" Width="239"/>
      
   </Grid>
   </Window>

Adding control manually in C#

In order to add SfColorPalette control manually in C#, do the below steps,

1. Add the below required assembly references to the project,

   • Syncfusion.SfColorPalette.Wpf

   • Syncfusion.SfShared.Wpf

2. Import SfColorPalette namespace Syncfusion.Windows.Controls.Media .

   C#

   using Syncfusion.Windows.Controls.Media;

3. Create sfColorPalette control instance and add it to the Page.

   C#

   public partial class MainWindow : Window
       {
           public MainWindow()
           {
               InitializeComponent();
      
               SfColorPalette colorPalette = new SfColorPalette();
               colorPalette.Height = 300;
               colorPalette.Width = 200;
      
               this.Content = colorPalette;
           }
       }

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub

Select a Color

You can select any color by clicking the respective color item in the SfColorPalette You can get selected color from the SelectedColor property. If you selecting any color, then the selected color will be displayed as tooltip.

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub

Binding a selected color

You can bind the selected color of SfColorPalette to any objects by using the SelectedColor property.

Here, the SelectedColor of the SfColorPalette bind with the Rectangle.Fill property with color to brush converter.

C#

//ColorToBrushConverter.cs
public class ColorToSolidColorBrushValueConverter : IValueConverter {
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture) {
        if (null == value)
            return null;
        Color color = (Color)value;
        return new SolidColorBrush(color);
    }
    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture) {
        return true;
    }
}

XAML

<Grid>
    <Grid.Resources>

    <!--Color to brush converter-->
        <local:ColorToSolidColorBrushValueConverter  x:Key="ColorToSolidColorBrush_ValueConverter"/>
    </Grid.Resources>
    <StackPanel>
        <TextBlock Text="SelectedColor"/>
        <Rectangle Fill="{Binding ElementName=SfColorPalette ,
                                  Path= SelectedColor, 
                                  Converter={StaticResource ColorToSolidColorBrush_ValueConverter}}"/>
        <syncfusion:SfColorPalette x:Name="SfColorPalette" />
    </StackPanel>
</Grid>

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub

Navigate to the list of swatches

You can navigate and select a different colors from the different swatches by clicking the Swatches button which is placed on the right top corner of the SfColorPalette control.

List of swatches

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.

Theme

ColorPalette supports various built-in themes. Refer to the below links to apply themes for the ColorPalette,

• Apply theme using SfSkinManager

• Create a custom theme using ThemeStudio

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.