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Customizing Appearance

Updated on Mar 26, 2026

Parts of the buttons from the Buttons suite can be customized using properties from the public API.

To change the corner radius of a Button, set its CornerRadius property.

Changing the corner radius

XAML
<telerikControls:RadButton CornerRadius="20" Content="RadButton" />

Buttons with changed corner radius

WinUI RadButtons

To hide the dropdown button part (the arrow) that opens the DropDownContent of the DropDownButton and SplitButton, set their DropDownIndicatorVisibility.

Hiding the dropdown button part

XAML
<telerikControls:RadDropDownButton Content="RadDropDownButton" DropDownIndicatorVisibility="Collapsed" />
<telerikControls:RadSplitButton Content="RadSplitButton" DropDownIndicatorVisibility="Collapsed" />

Buttons with hidden dropdown indicator

WinUI RadButtons

To change the position (right by default) of the dropdown button part, set the DropDownButtonPosition property of DropDownButton and SplitButton.

Setting the dropdown button position

XAML
<telerikControls:RadDropDownButton Content="RadDropDownButton" DropDownButtonPosition="Bottom" />
<telerikControls:RadSplitButton Content="RadSplitButton" DropDownButtonPosition="Left" />

Buttons with changed dropdown button position

WinUI RadButtons

To change the placement of the DropDownContent, set the DropDownPlacement property of DropDownButton and SplitButton.

Setting the dropdown placement

XAML
<telerikControls:RadSplitButton DropDownPlacement="Top" Content="RadSplitButton" />

SplitButton with changed dropdown placement

WinUI RadButtons

To change the size of the DropDownContent, you can set several properties of DropDownButton and SplitButton. The size of dropdown is determined by the DropDownWidth and DropDownHeight. Additionally, you can restrict the size with the DropDownMinHeight, DropDownMaxHeight, DropDownMinWidth and DropDownMaxWidth properties.

Setting the dropdown width and height

XAML
<telerikControls:RadDropDownButton Content="RadDropDownButton" DropDownWidth="300" DropDownHeight="120" />

DropDownButton with fixed dropdown size

WinUI RadButtons

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