Sitecore 5.0 API

Appearance Class

Defines the appearance properties.

For a list of all members of this type, see Appearance Members.

System.Object
   Sitecore.Data.Appearance
      Sitecore.Data.Items.ItemAppearance

[Visual Basic]
Public Class Appearance
[C#]
public class Appearance

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.

Remarks

Appearance is attached to a number of objects that have a visual representations, such as items.

The DisplayName property contains a language-specific name for the object.

The Icon property assigned a graphical icon to the object. This is usually a themed file path.

The CSS style of an item can be defined the Style property. This is used by the Sitecore client in the content tree.

A number of help information can be attached to the object. The ShortDescription or ToolTip is usually used for short hint texts. The LongDescription property may contain a longer, more detailed description of the object. The HelpLink is an URL that points to a help web page.

Requirements

Namespace: Sitecore.Data

Assembly: Sitecore.Kernel (in Sitecore.Kernel.dll)

See Also

Appearance Members | Sitecore.Data Namespace