Repeat a background brush in WPF

Jerry Nixon picture Jerry Nixon · Aug 16, 2011 · Viewed 8.3k times · Source

and thank you.

This question is very similar to this old, unanswered question here: How to paint notebook-like lines as TextBox background? However, it is not the same - not exactly.

I would like to create a notepad, lined paper-like background but I am not not familiar with how to repeat a brush in XAML. How do you?

EDIT

Here's the solution as part of a TextBox:

<TextBox TextBlock.LineHeight="20" 
         TextBlock.LineStackingStrategy="BlockLineHeight" 
         Padding="20,10,20,20" TextWrapping="Wrap">
  <TextBox.Background>
    <DrawingBrush TileMode="Tile" Stretch="None" Viewport="0,0,20,20" 
                  ViewportUnits="Absolute" Opacity=".07">
      <DrawingBrush.Drawing>
          <GeometryDrawing>
              <GeometryDrawing.Pen>
                  <Pen Brush="RoyalBlue" />
              </GeometryDrawing.Pen>
              <GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
                  <LineGeometry StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="20,0"/>
              </GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
          </GeometryDrawing>
      </DrawingBrush.Drawing>
    </DrawingBrush>
  </TextBox.Background>
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</TextBox>

Answer

H.B. picture H.B. · Aug 16, 2011
<DrawingBrush TileMode="Tile" Stretch="None"
              Viewport="0,0,20,20" ViewportUnits="Absolute">
    <DrawingBrush.Drawing>
        <GeometryDrawing>
            <GeometryDrawing.Pen>
                <Pen Brush="Gray"/>
            </GeometryDrawing.Pen>
            <GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
                <LineGeometry StartPoint="0,0"
                              EndPoint="20,0"/>
            </GeometryDrawing.Geometry>
        </GeometryDrawing>
    </DrawingBrush.Drawing>
</DrawingBrush>