I am trying to set a different style to a hyperlink control. The new style is BasedOn the same base style as the previous style which was set to the control and Foreground property has been overridden to a new color.
But on application the foreground does not change.
Few notes:
If the overriding property is FontSize, things seem to work fine.
In Silverlight 4, things worked fine.
If I remove the BasedOn property (dont derive from base class) things work fine.
First time setting of style is working but subsequent attemps to change style isnt working.
If I duplicate the style and change the foreground color, things work fine.
*Things work fine = foreground changing correctly.
Base Style:
<Style TargetType="HyperlinkButton" x:Key="NormalHyperlinkStyle">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource ContentFontFamily}"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{StaticResource DataGridFontSize}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource BaseColor4}" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Top" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
<Grid Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Cursor="{TemplateBinding Cursor}">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="{StaticResource AccentColor}" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" />
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1.0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="Underline" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed" />
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#FFA0A0A0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(FrameworkElement.Opacity)" To="1" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Unfocused" />
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<StackPanel Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" UseLayoutRounding="True">
<ContentControl x:Name="contentPresenter" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
<Rectangle x:Name="Underline" Height="1" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Fill="{StaticResource AccentColorBrush}" Margin="0,1,0,2" Opacity="0" />
</StackPanel>
<Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualElement" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="0" Opacity="0" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2" Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualBrush}" StrokeThickness="{StaticResource FocusVisualStrokeThickness}" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Derived Style:
<Style x:Key="ToolbarHyperlinkSelectedStyle" TargetType="HyperlinkButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource NormalHyperlinkStyle}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource AccentColor}" />
</Style>
Code Behind:
selectedButton.Style =
(Style)Application.Current.Resources["ToolbarHyperlinkSelectedStyle"];
The Windows Phone 7 default is for scroll bars to display only when a user is scrolling. In my app they're staying present constantly, and I verified that ScrollViewer visibility properties are not being set anywhere. Is there anything else that can cause the scroll bars to display permanently?
I dont have the problem on my emulator even..so try this ..take a xaml file n use this code..
<Style x:Key="ScrollViewerStyle1" TargetType="ScrollViewer">
<Setter Property="VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Disabled"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ScrollViewer">
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="ScrollStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="00:00:00.5"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Scrolling">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="VerticalScrollBar"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="HorizontalScrollBar"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="NotScrolling"/>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<ScrollContentPresenter x:Name="ScrollContentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"/>
<ScrollBar x:Name="VerticalScrollBar" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Height="Auto" IsHitTestVisible="False" IsTabStop="False" Maximum="{TemplateBinding ScrollableHeight}" Minimum="0" Opacity="0" Orientation="Vertical" Visibility="{TemplateBinding ComputedVerticalScrollBarVisibility}" Value="{TemplateBinding VerticalOffset}" ViewportSize="{TemplateBinding ViewportHeight}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="5" Background="DarkGray"/>
<ScrollBar x:Name="HorizontalScrollBar" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Height="5" IsHitTestVisible="False" IsTabStop="False" Maximum="{TemplateBinding ScrollableWidth}" Minimum="0" Opacity="0" Orientation="Horizontal" Visibility="{TemplateBinding ComputedHorizontalScrollBarVisibility}" Value="{TemplateBinding HorizontalOffset}" ViewportSize="{TemplateBinding ViewportWidth}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="Auto"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ListBoxStyle1" TargetType="ListBox">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Disabled"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListBox">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="ScrollViewer" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Style="{StaticResource ScrollViewerStyle1}" >
<ItemsPresenter/>
</ScrollViewer>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Suppose u r using the scrollviewer in list box u should follow this code:
<ListBox x:Name="AppList" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" Style="{StaticResource ListBoxStyle1}" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" Padding="30" ItemsSource="{Binding DisplayItem}" Height="525" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="Auto" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.RowSpan="2">
The question may sound weird, here it goes:
Sliders in silverlight 3 for windows phone have a thumb but it's set to transparent:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="PhoneSimpleThumb" TargetType="Thumb">
<Rectangle Fill="Transparent"/>
</ControlTemplate>
Everything works ok with the above settings, if I tap the corner (or the part) of a slider the active zone goes towards that corner and so on...
Now If I want to add a thumb image let's say something like:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="PercentageThumbHorizontal" TargetType="Thumb">
<Border Margin="-480,-18">
<Rectangle Width="20" Height="20" RenderTransformOrigin="0.4,0.1" Margin="471,18,470,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" d:LayoutOverrides="Height">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<ImageBrush Stretch="Fill" ImageSource="Resources/DesignElements/SliderThumb.png"/>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
The slider loses it's behavior, now I can change its value only using the drag event. To be more specific now if I tap a slider part the active zone won't go to that part but if I drag from one part to another the slider active zone will go in the direction of the dragging.
this is the rest of the code which will use the above template ( I only use the horizontal slider ).
<Style x:Key="PercentageSliderStyle" TargetType="Slider">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Maximum" Value="10"/>
<Setter Property="Minimum" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Value" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource PhoneContrastBackgroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Slider">
<Grid Background="Transparent">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="HorizontalTrack"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="VerticalTrack"/>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Fill" Storyboard.TargetName="HorizontalFill">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Fill" Storyboard.TargetName="VerticalFill">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="HorizontalTemplate" Margin="{StaticResource PhoneHorizontalMargin}">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" MinWidth="378"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Rectangle x:Name="HorizontalTrack" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" Height="12" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="0,22,0,50" Opacity="0.2"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="HorizontalFill" Grid.Column="0" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Height="12" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="0,22,0,50"/>
<RepeatButton x:Name="HorizontalTrackLargeChangeDecreaseRepeatButton" Grid.Column="0" IsTabStop="False" Template="{StaticResource PhoneSimpleRepeatButton}"/>
<RepeatButton x:Name="HorizontalTrackLargeChangeIncreaseRepeatButton" Grid.Column="2" IsTabStop="False" Template="{StaticResource PhoneSimpleRepeatButton}"/>
<Thumb x:Name="HorizontalThumb" Width="1" Margin="-1,0,0,0" Grid.Column="1" Template="{StaticResource PercentageThumbHorizontal}" >
<!--<Thumb.RenderTransform>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY="1" ScaleX="32"/>
</Thumb.RenderTransform> -->
</Thumb>
</Grid>
<Grid x:Name="VerticalTemplate" Margin="{StaticResource PhoneVerticalMargin}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Rectangle x:Name="VerticalTrack" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="12,0" Opacity="0.2" Grid.RowSpan="3" Width="12"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="VerticalFill" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="12,0" Grid.Row="2" Width="12"/>
<RepeatButton x:Name="VerticalTrackLargeChangeDecreaseRepeatButton" IsTabStop="False" Grid.Row="0" Template="{StaticResource PhoneSimpleRepeatButton}"/>
<RepeatButton x:Name="VerticalTrackLargeChangeIncreaseRepeatButton" IsTabStop="False" Grid.Row="2" Template="{StaticResource PhoneSimpleRepeatButton}"/>
<Thumb x:Name="VerticalThumb" Grid.Column="1" Margin="-1,0,0,0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Template="{StaticResource PhoneSimpleThumb}" Width="1">
<Thumb.RenderTransform>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY="32" ScaleX="1"/>
</Thumb.RenderTransform>
</Thumb>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Does anyone of you gets what is happening here ?
Thanks.
The large negative margin
<Border Margin="-480,-18">
is where I'd start looking.
Try just setting a color to the thumb first.
Make small changes and incrementally add the styling you want.
How to change the GUI of the child window in silverlight , how to apply template or style any good example reference will help.
thanks in advance
For addition information:
I would like to change the title bar shape, the close button shape and the body area shape as well, you can say I want to change the View of the childWidow control.
Here's the template as outputted from Blend.
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ChildWindowControlTemplate1" TargetType="controls:ChildWindow">
<Grid x:Name="Root">
<Grid.Resources>
<Style x:Key="ButtonStyle" TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#FF1F3B53"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF000000"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="3"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFA3AEB9" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF8399A9" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF718597" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF617584" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<Grid x:Name="grid" Background="#02FFFFFF" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="14" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="15">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="X_Fuzz2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="X_Fuzz1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="X_Fuzz0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.95" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="X"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.85" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="X"/>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="X_Fuzz2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="X_Fuzz1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="X_Fuzz0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.5" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="X"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Path x:Name="X_Fuzz2" Data="F1 M 6.742676,3.852539 L 9.110840,1.559570 L 8.910645,0.500000 L 6.838379,0.500000 L 4.902832,2.435547 L 2.967285,0.500000 L 0.895020,0.500000 L 0.694824,1.559570 L 3.062988,3.852539 L 0.527832,6.351563 L 0.689941,7.600586 L 2.967285,7.600586 L 4.897949,5.575195 L 6.854004,7.600586 L 9.115723,7.600586 L 9.277832,6.351563 L 6.742676,3.852539 Z" Fill="#14C51900" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="8" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Opacity="1" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Stretch="Fill" Stroke="#14C51900" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="9">
<Path.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY="1.3" ScaleX="1.3"/>
</TransformGroup>
</Path.RenderTransform>
</Path>
<Path x:Name="X_Fuzz1" Data="F1 M 6.742676,3.852539 L 9.110840,1.559570 L 8.910645,0.500000 L 6.838379,0.500000 L 4.902832,2.435547 L 2.967285,0.500000 L 0.895020,0.500000 L 0.694824,1.559570 L 3.062988,3.852539 L 0.527832,6.351563 L 0.689941,7.600586 L 2.967285,7.600586 L 4.897949,5.575195 L 6.854004,7.600586 L 9.115723,7.600586 L 9.277832,6.351563 L 6.742676,3.852539 Z" Fill="#1EC51900" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="8" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Opacity="1" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Stretch="Fill" Stroke="#1EC51900" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="9">
<Path.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY="1.1" ScaleX="1.1"/>
</TransformGroup>
</Path.RenderTransform>
</Path>
<Path x:Name="X_Fuzz0" Data="F1 M 6.742676,3.852539 L 9.110840,1.559570 L 8.910645,0.500000 L 6.838379,0.500000 L 4.902832,2.435547 L 2.967285,0.500000 L 0.895020,0.500000 L 0.694824,1.559570 L 3.062988,3.852539 L 0.527832,6.351563 L 0.689941,7.600586 L 2.967285,7.600586 L 4.897949,5.575195 L 6.854004,7.600586 L 9.115723,7.600586 L 9.277832,6.351563 L 6.742676,3.852539 Z" Fill="#FFC51900" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="8" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Opacity="1" Stretch="Fill" Stroke="#FFC51900" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="9"/>
<Path x:Name="X" Data="F1 M 6.742676,3.852539 L 9.110840,1.559570 L 8.910645,0.500000 L 6.838379,0.500000 L 4.902832,2.435547 L 2.967285,0.500000 L 0.895020,0.500000 L 0.694824,1.559570 L 3.062988,3.852539 L 0.527832,6.351563 L 0.689941,7.600586 L 2.967285,7.600586 L 4.897949,5.575195 L 6.854004,7.600586 L 9.115723,7.600586 L 9.277832,6.351563 L 6.742676,3.852539 Z" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="8" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Opacity="0.7" Stretch="Fill" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="9">
<Path.Stroke>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF313131" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF8E9092" Offset="0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Path.Stroke>
</Path>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="WindowStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Open">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Overlay">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.3" Value="1"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(RenderTransform).(Children)[0].ScaleX" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.25" Value="0"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.4" Value="1"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeySpline="0,0,0.5,1" KeyTime="00:00:00.45" Value="1.05"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.55" Value="1"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(RenderTransform).(Children)[0].ScaleY" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.25" Value="0"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.4" Value="1"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeySpline="0,0,0.5,1" KeyTime="00:00:00.45" Value="1.05"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.55" Value="1"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Closed">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Overlay">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.3" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(RenderTransform).(Children)[0].ScaleX" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.2" Value="1"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.25" Value="1.05"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.45" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(RenderTransform).(Children)[0].ScaleY" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.2" Value="1"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.25" Value="1.05"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.45" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="Overlay" Background="{TemplateBinding OverlayBrush}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0" Opacity="{TemplateBinding OverlayOpacity}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<Grid x:Name="ContentRoot" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalAlignment}" Height="{TemplateBinding Height}" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalAlignment}" Width="{TemplateBinding Width}">
<Grid.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform/>
<SkewTransform/>
<RotateTransform/>
<TranslateTransform/>
</TransformGroup>
</Grid.RenderTransform>
<Border BorderBrush="#14000000" BorderThickness="1" Background="#14000000" CornerRadius="2" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Border BorderBrush="#0F000000" BorderThickness="1" Background="#0F000000" CornerRadius="2.25" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-2" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Border BorderBrush="#0C000000" BorderThickness="1" Background="#0C000000" CornerRadius="2.5" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-3" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Border BorderBrush="#0A000000" BorderThickness="1" Background="#0A000000" CornerRadius="2.75" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-4" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="#FFFFFFFF" CornerRadius="2">
<Border CornerRadius="1.5" Margin="1">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFE5E8EB" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFF6F8F9" Offset="0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border x:Name="Chrome" BorderBrush="#FFFFFFFF" BorderThickness="0,0,0,1" Width="Auto" Background="{StaticResource LightBackground}">
<Grid Height="Auto" Width="Auto">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="30"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentControl Content="{TemplateBinding Title}" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" IsTabStop="False" Margin="6,0,6,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Background="White" Foreground="White"/>
<Button x:Name="CloseButton1" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="14" IsTabStop="False" Style="{StaticResource ButtonStyle}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="15" Foreground="White"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Margin="0" Grid.Row="1">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
HTH, Stimul8d
How would one go about styling a listbox such that the selection has a different text color than the default view? I've looked at this in several ways and because the ContentPresenter lacks a Foreground property.
The default control template of the listbox provides several rectangles which one can use to adjust the highlight color. For example, with the default style a rectangle called BGColor3 has its opacity adjusted to get a highlight effect.
Here is the bulk of my control template:
<Grid>
<Rectangle x:Name="BGColor2" Fill="{StaticResource HoverBrush}" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="1" Opacity="0"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="BGColor3" Fill="{StaticResource ListboxHighlightBrush}" StrokeThickness="0" Opacity="0"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="BGColor" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="0" Opacity="0.2" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
<Border Height="20">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" x:Name="contentPresenter" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"/>
</Border>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" Opacity="0.4" x:Name="FocusVisual" Stroke="#BF313131" Margin="1" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2" StrokeDashCap="Square" Visibility="Collapsed" />
<Rectangle x:Name="BorderRect" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="1" Opacity="0.3" />
</Grid>
In the selection Visual State, here is the gist:
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="SelectionStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Unselected"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Selected">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="BGColor2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.8"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
What is evident is that BGColor2 the rectangle is being modified (opacity) so that the selected item has a background. Fair enough. Within this portion of the Storyboard, is there anyway to access either the ContentPresenter or something else similar and toggling the text foreground color?
Footnote: wouldn't it be much cleaner to simply have different templates versus visual state transitions?
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Using a TextBlock almost does the trick but what's interesting is that the transition for SelectedUnfocused does not appear to be enforced which is to say that implementing your solution works perfectly until a person mouses over a previously selected item then the text once again goes to black.
Here is my template:
<!-- ItemStyle brushes -->
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="BaseColorBrush" Color="White"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="BaseColorBrushFaint" Color="#265B0000"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ForegroundColorBrush" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="HoverBrush2" Color="#FF808000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="HoverBrush" EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF406DC7" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF002C83"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ListboxHighlightBrush" EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF7CA8FF" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF376FDC"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="HyperlinkBrush" Color="#FFC8A1A1"/>
<!-- Search Listbox ItemStyle -->
<Style x:Key="ItemStyle" TargetType="ListBoxItem">
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="4"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Top"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource BaseColorBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource HoverBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF333333"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="TabNavigation" Value="Local"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListBoxItem">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="BGColor3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Duration="0" To="1"/>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="BGColor" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.3"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
<EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="White"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.55"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="SelectionStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Unselected"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Selected">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="BGColor2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.9"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
<EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="White"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="SelectedUnfocused">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="BGColor2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.9"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
<EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="#FFFFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisual" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Duration="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
<EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="White"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Unfocused">
<Storyboard/>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Rectangle x:Name="BGColor2" Fill="{StaticResource HoverBrush}" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="0" Opacity="0"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="BGColor3" Fill="{StaticResource ListboxHighlightBrush}" StrokeThickness="0" Opacity="0"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="BGColor" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="0" Opacity="0.3" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
<Border Height="20">
<TextBlock Canvas.ZIndex="22" x:Name="contentPresenter" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding
HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" />
</Border>
<Rectangle Opacity="0.4" x:Name="FocusVisual" Stroke="#BF313131" Margin="1" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2" StrokeDashCap="Square" Visibility="Collapsed" />
<Rectangle x:Name="BorderRect" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
And my consumption of the template:
<ListBox ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ItemStyle}" x:Name="testListBox" />
And finally some code to populate the listbox:
List<string> data = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
data.Add(DateTime.Now.AddDays(i).ToString("MMMM dd yyyy"));
}
testListBox.ItemsSource = data;
Change the ContentPresenter in you template to a ContentControl which has a Foreground property you can TemplateBind.
I tried your scenario. By default the content of the default listitem is a string which is black. A listbox item has a foreground property you can set but I'm not sure either where it is in the template. They did something special for strings to use the foreground but didn't expose it in the template. A hack you might want to try is, if you know you will always have string content, to replace the contentpresenter of the controltemplate with a textblock, which does have the forground. (To edit the ListItem's template right click on it in Blend3 and go to Edit Template, Edit a Copy, and modify the new Style}
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" />
to
<TextBlock x:Name="contentPresenter" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding
HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" />
I added the TemplateBinding for Text and Foreground. You should be able to manipulate the foreground in the visual states to get the right states look disabled, selected, etc. I hope this helps.