Appearance in WPF TaskBar Control

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This section deals with the appearance of TaskBar control and contains the following topic:

Setting Visual Styles

The appearance of the TaskBar control is customized by using the VisualStyle property. The various built-in visual styles are listed below.

Property	Description
VisualStyle	Sets the visual style for the TaskBar control. The options provided are as follows. * Blend * Office2003 * Office2007 * BlueOffice2007 * BlackOffice2007Silver * ShinyBlue * ShinyRed * SyncOrange * VS2010 * Metro * Transparent

To set the visual style for the TaskBar, use the below code.

XAML
C#
<!-- Adding TaskBar -->

<syncfusion:TaskBar Name="taskBar" >

    <!-- Adding TaskBarItem -->

    <syncfusion:TaskBarItem Name="taskBarItem1" Header="TaskBarItem1">

        <!-- Adding content to TaskBarItem -->

        <StackPanel Margin="10" HorizontalAlignment="Center" 										VerticalAlignment="Stretch">

            <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap">

This TaskBar that have a TaskBarItem.

            </TextBlock>

        </StackPanel>

    </syncfusion:TaskBarItem>

</syncfusion:TaskBar>
// Setting the visual style as Office2007Blue

SkinStorage.SetVisualStyle(taskBar, "Office2007Blue");