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---
title: "How to: Paint an Area with a Visual"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs:
- "csharp"
- "vb"
helpviewer_keywords:
- "painting [WPF]"
- "visuals [WPF], painting with"
- "brushes [WPF], painting with visuals"
ms.assetid: 35f92996-1d03-4542-acc4-3469dcf09492
---
# How to: Paint an Area with a Visual
This example shows how to use the <xref:System.Windows.Media.VisualBrush> class to paint an area with a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Visual>.
In the following example, several controls and a panel are used as the background of a rectangle.
## Example
[!code-xaml[BrushOverviewExamples_snip#GraphicsMMVisualBrushAsRectangleBackgroundExample](~/samples/snippets/xaml/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BrushOverviewExamples_snip/XAML/VisualBrushExample.xaml#graphicsmmvisualbrushasrectanglebackgroundexample)]
[!code-csharp[BrushOverviewExamples_procedural_snip#GraphicsMMVisualBrushAsRectangleBackgroundExample1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BrushOverviewExamples_procedural_snip/CSharp/VisualBrushExample.cs#graphicsmmvisualbrushasrectanglebackgroundexample1)]
[!code-vb[BrushOverviewExamples_procedural_snip#GraphicsMMVisualBrushAsRectangleBackgroundExample1](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BrushOverviewExamples_procedural_snip/visualbasic/visualbrushexample.vb#graphicsmmvisualbrushasrectanglebackgroundexample1)]
For more information about <xref:System.Windows.Media.VisualBrush> and additional examples, see the [Painting with Images, Drawings, and Visuals](painting-with-images-drawings-and-visuals.md) overview.
This code example is part of a larger example provided for the <xref:System.Windows.Media.VisualBrush> class. For the complete sample, see the [VisualBrush Sample](https://github.com/Microsoft/WPF-Samples/tree/master/Graphics/VisualBrush).
## See also
- [Painting with Images, Drawings, and Visuals](painting-with-images-drawings-and-visuals.md)