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---
title: "How to: Create Different Tile Patterns with a TileBrush"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs:
- "csharp"
- "vb"
helpviewer_keywords:
- "TileBrush [WPF], creating tile patterns"
- "tile patterns [WPF], creating"
- "creating [WPF], tile patterns with TileBrush"
ms.assetid: 5aa46632-3527-4668-9d8d-0375c8af28aa
---
# How to: Create Different Tile Patterns with a TileBrush
This example shows how to use the <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> property of a <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush> to create a pattern.
The <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> property enables you to specify how the content of a <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush> is repeated, that is, tiled to fill an output area. To create a pattern, you set the <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> to <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileMode.Tile>, <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileMode.FlipX>, <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileMode.FlipY>, or <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileMode.FlipXY>. You must also set the <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.Viewport%2A> of the <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush> so that it is smaller than the area that you are painting; otherwise, only a single tile is produced, regardless which <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> setting you use.
## Example
The following example creates five <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingBrush> objects, gives them each a different <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> setting, and uses them to paint five rectangles. Although this example uses the <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingBrush> class to demonstrate <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> behavior, the <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush.TileMode%2A> property works identically for all the <xref:System.Windows.Media.TileBrush> objects, that is, for <xref:System.Windows.Media.ImageBrush>, <xref:System.Windows.Media.VisualBrush>, and <xref:System.Windows.Media.DrawingBrush>.
The following illustration shows the output that this example produces.
![TileBrush tiling example output](./media/graphicsmm-drawingbrushtilemodeexample.png "graphicsmm_DrawingBrushTileModeExample")
Tile patterns created with the TileMode property
[!code-csharp[BrushesIntroduction_snip#GraphicsMMDrawingBrushTileModeExample](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BrushesIntroduction_snip/CSharp/TileModeExample.cs#graphicsmmdrawingbrushtilemodeexample)]
[!code-vb[BrushesIntroduction_snip#GraphicsMMDrawingBrushTileModeExample](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BrushesIntroduction_snip/visualbasic/tilemodeexample.vb#graphicsmmdrawingbrushtilemodeexample)]
[!code-xaml[BrushesIntroduction_snip#GraphicsMMDrawingBrushTileModeExample](~/samples/snippets/xaml/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BrushesIntroduction_snip/XAML/TileModeExample.xaml#graphicsmmdrawingbrushtilemodeexample)]
## See also
- [Set the Tile Size for a TileBrush](how-to-set-the-tile-size-for-a-tilebrush.md)
- [Painting with Images, Drawings, and Visuals](painting-with-images-drawings-and-visuals.md)