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Accessing and Customizing Elements
Updated over 6 months ago
Accessing and customizing elements can be performed at run time. Before proceeding with this topic, it is recommended to get familiar with the visual structure of the RadDesktopAlert.
The following code example demonstrates how to customize the nested elements at run time:
Figure 1: Customize elements

Customize elements
C#
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.TextElement.ForeColor = Color.Red;
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.CaptionGrip.BackColor = Color.Red;
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.CaptionGrip.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.ContentElement.Font = new Font("Arial", 8f,FontStyle.Italic);
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.ContentElement.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.TextBeforeImage;
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;
this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.BorderColor = Color.Red;