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LinearGradientBrush Class

Updated: November 2007

Encapsulates a Brush with a linear gradient. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace:  System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public NotInheritable Class LinearGradientBrush _
    Inherits Brush
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As LinearGradientBrush
C#
public sealed class LinearGradientBrush : Brush
Visual C++
public ref class LinearGradientBrush sealed : public Brush
J#
public final class LinearGradientBrush extends Brush
JScript
public final class LinearGradientBrush extends Brush

This class encapsulates both two-color gradients and custom multicolor gradients.

All linear gradients are defined along a line specified either by the width of a rectangle or by two points.

By default, a two-color linear gradient is an even horizontal linear blend from the starting color to the ending color along the specified line. Customize the blend pattern using the Blend class, the SetSigmaBellShape methods, or the SetBlendTriangularShape methods. Customize the direction of the gradient by specifying the LinearGradientMode enumeration or the angle in the constructor.

Use the InterpolationColors property to create a multicolor gradient.

The Transform property specifies a local geometric transform applied to the gradient.

System..::.Object
  System..::.MarshalByRefObject
    System.Drawing..::.Brush
      System.Drawing.Drawing2D..::.LinearGradientBrush
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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