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Appearance

Updated on May 20, 2025

The Badge provides predefined appearance options such as different sizes, border radiuses, fill modes and theme colors.

For a live example, visit the Appearance Demo of the Badge.

Options

The Telerik WebForms Badge supports the following styling options:

Size - Configures the overall size of the component.
ThemeColor - Configures what color will be applied to the component.
FillMode - Configures how the color is applied to the component.
Rounded - Configures the border radius of the component.
Position - Configures the position of the component.
Align - Configures the alignment of the component.
CutoutBorder - Configures the cutout border of the component.
Icon - Displays an icon.

Size

The size option controls how big or small the rendered badge looks.

The following values are available for the size option:

Small
Medium (default)
Large

Example

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Text="Small" Size="Small" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Text="Medium" Size="Medium" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Text="Large" Size="Large" />

FillMode

The FillMode option controls the way the color is applied to the rendered div.

The following values are available for the FillMode option:

Solid (default)
Outline

Example

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Text="Solid" FillMode="Solid" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Text="Outline" FillMode="Outline" />

ThemeColor

The ThemeColor option controls the color that will be applied to the rendered Badge.

The following values are available for the ThemeColor option:

Primary
Secondary (default)
Tertiary
Info
Success
Warning
Error

Example

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge1" Text="Primary" ThemeColor="Primary" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge4" Text="Info" ThemeColor="Info" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge5" Text="Success" ThemeColor="Success" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge6" Text="Warning" ThemeColor="Warning" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge7" Text="Error" ThemeColor="Error" />

Rounded

The Rounded option controls how much border radius is applied to the rendered Badge.

The following values are available for the Rounded option:

Small
Medium (default)
Large
Full

Example

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge1" Text="Small" Rounded="Small" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge2" Text="Medium" Rounded="Medium" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge3" Text="Large" Rounded="Large" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge4" Text="Full" Rounded="Full" />

Position

The Position option specifies position of the Badge relative to the edge of the container

The following values are available for the Position option:

Inline
Edge (default)
Inside
Outside

Align

The Align option specifies position of the Badge relative to its container

Note: when using Align, make sure the Badge container has CSS position other than static and allows overflow content.

The following values are available for the Align option:

TopStart
TopEnd (default)
BottomStart
BottomEnd

ASP.NET

<button>
    TopStart
    <telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Position="Edge" Align="TopStart" />
</button>

<button>
    TopEnd
    <telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Position="Edge" Align="TopEnd" />
</button>

<button>
    BottomStart
    <telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Position="Edge" Align="BottomStart" />
</button>

<button>
    BottomEnd
    <telerik:RadBadge runat="server" Position="Edge" ID="RadBadge8" Align="BottomEnd" />
</button>

Cutout Border

The CutoutBorder option specifies whether or not to render additional "cutout" border around the badge.

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" CutoutBorder="false" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" CutoutBorder="true" />

The display of the CutoutBorder option is controlled by specifying either true or false.

Icon

To enable icons for the badge, set the Icon property to the name of the embedded icon.

Visit the Progress Design System - List of Icons page and find the icon of your choice.

Example

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge1" Icon="x" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge2" Icon="undo" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge3" Icon="redo" />
<telerik:RadBadge runat="server" ID="RadBadge4" Icon="clock" />