wpf Combobox border color on mouseclick - wpf

I have a combobox style.
When tabed to combobox the focus will work because of FocusButtonStyle, but I can't find out how to get the same border when user clicks on the combobox. It's like it dosen't get focused that way.
Tried triggers, but can't get it to work.
<Style x:Key="ItemStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="8,8,0,7"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ComboBoxItem}">
<Border
Name="Border"
Padding="2"
SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter />
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Interaction-Hover}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource Grey-7}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Grey-Bg}"/>
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Grey-3}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
I tried with trigger on style below, with is checked, but it only lasted for the click, and only for the smal togglebutton, tried the same on the one overlaying the textbox but it didn't take.
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxButtonStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
x:Name="border"
CornerRadius="0,4,4,0"
BorderThickness="0,1,1,1"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource Grey-Border}">
<ContentPresenter />
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxTextBoxStyle" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<!--<Setter Property="Padding" Value="8,8,0,7"/>-->
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False" />
<Setter Property="IsReadOnly" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Grid>
<Border CornerRadius="4,0,0,4"
x:Name="border"
BorderThickness="1,1,0,1"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource Grey-Border}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxOverlayToggleButtonStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False" />
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid Background="Transparent"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="FocusButtonStyle" TargetType="Control">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Stroke="{StaticResource Default-Border-Brush}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
RadiusX="4"
RadiusY="4" />
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxStyle" BasedOn="{StaticResource Caption1}" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="35"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="16,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ItemContainerStyle" Value="{StaticResource ItemStyle}"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusButtonStyle}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="18"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ToggleButton Grid.Column="0"
Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxOverlayToggleButtonStyle}"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
<TextBox Grid.Column="0"
Name="PART_EditableTextBox"
Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxTextBoxStyle}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
IsHitTestVisible="{TemplateBinding IsEditable}"/>
<ToggleButton Grid.Column="1"
Height="{TemplateBinding Height}"
Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxButtonStyle}"
Focusable="False"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
ClickMode="Press"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<Path Grid.Column="1"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Data="M 0 0 L 4 4 L 8 0 Z"
Fill="Black" />
</ToggleButton>
<ContentPresenter Grid.Column="0"
Name="ContentSite"
Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}"
ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
<Popup Grid.Column="0"
Name="Popup"
Placement="Bottom"
IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsDropDownOpen}"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Focusable="False"
PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Border x:Name="DropDownBorder"
BorderThickness="1,1,1,1"
CornerRadius="0,4,4,4"
Background="White"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource Grey-Border}">
<Grid Name="DropDown"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
MinWidth="{TemplateBinding ActualWidth}"
MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}">
<ScrollViewer SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"
VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True"
KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Popup>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsReadOnly" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Grey-Bg}"/>
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Solution
Added this to Combobox Template
<Rectangle x:Name="focusRect"
Grid.Column="0"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
Grid.ZIndex="1"
SnapsToDevicePixels="true"
Stroke="{StaticResource PrimaryBrush}"
RadiusX="4"
RadiusY="4"
Visibility="Collapsed"/>
and these triggers:
<Trigger Property="IsDropDownOpen" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="focusRect" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="focusRect" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
</Trigger>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>

The FocusVisualStyle only applies when the control is focused via keyboard navigation. This is by design.
You could still create your own custom template to achieve the same effect though. In the below example markup, I have added a Rectangle to the ComboBox template and a Trigger that sets its Visibility property to Visible when the ComboBox is focused. You can edit it as per your exact requirements.
<ComboBox>
<ComboBox.Resources>
<Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF0F0F0" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE5E5E5" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFACACAC"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border" Color="#FFABADB3"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFECF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAECFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAEBFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFD9D9D9"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Glyph" Color="#FF606060"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Border x:Name="splitBorder" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}">
<Path x:Name="arrow" Data="F1 M 0,0 L 2.667,2.66665 L 5.3334,0 L 5.3334,-1.78168 L 2.6667,0.88501 L0,-1.78168 L0,0 Z" Fill="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Glyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ComboBox.Resources>
<ComboBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}"
xmlns:Themes="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero2">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="1" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="focusRect" Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"
StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"
Visibility="Collapsed"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="focusRect" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</ComboBox.Template>
</ComboBox>

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There is a walktrough here albeit for Win8 that I followed.
This is my ComboBox
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MinWidth="84"
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HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"
DataContext="{Binding A}"
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Padding="2,1"
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After I do Designer -> Right Click the ComboBox -> Edit Template -> Edit a Copy I get the following template:
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<Grid Uid="Grid_15">
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BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
CornerRadius="{DynamicResource ComboBoxCornerRadius}"
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UseLayoutRounding="False">
<Grid Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True"
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<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="ComboBoxButton"
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<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
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Height="Auto"
IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
AutomationProperties.LabeledBy="{Binding (AutomationProperties.LabeledBy), Mode=OneTime, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorLevel=1, AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}"
Margin="1,0,0,0"
MinHeight="0"
AutomationProperties.Name="{Binding (AutomationProperties.Name), Mode=OneTime, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorLevel=1, AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}"
Padding="0"
TextDecorations="{Binding (ValueEditors:ChoiceEditor.ComboBoxTextDecoration), RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
Uid="TextBox_1"
Visibility="Collapsed" />
<ToggleButton x:Name="DropDownButton"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
Focusable="False"
IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
Margin="0"
Style="{DynamicResource ExpressionComboBoxButton}"
Uid="DropDownButton" />
<ToggleButton x:Name="EditableDropDownButton"
Grid.Column="1"
Focusable="False"
IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
Margin="0"
Style="{DynamicResource ExpressionComboBoxButton}"
Uid="EditableDropDownButton"
Visibility="Collapsed" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Visibility"
TargetName="ContentSite"
Value="Collapsed" />
<Setter Property="Visibility"
TargetName="PART_EditableTextBox"
Value="Visible" />
<Setter Property="Visibility"
TargetName="DropDownButton"
Value="Collapsed" />
<Setter Property="Visibility"
TargetName="EditableDropDownButton"
Value="Visible" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems"
Value="False">
<Setter Property="MinHeight"
TargetName="DropDownBorder"
Value="95" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
However, this immediately casues some errors due to this assembly not being found:
xmlns:ValueEditors="clr-namespace:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignTools.Utility.ValueEditors;assembly=Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignTools.Utility"
which is used here
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I tracked down that assembly and added it as a reference and then there's another error:
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TargetName="DropDownBorder"
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I deleted the above just so it compiles, result is not good:
So, what am I doing wrong? What am I missing? Also, why was I getting the compile errors after a VS operation? I hope somebody tried to edit the ComboBox template in VS2017 / Windows 10 and can share some thoughts.
TL;DR Editing the default ComboBox template in VS2017/Win10 went haywire. Anybody did that successfully?
I also use VS2017 with Win10, but the 'Edit Template' fucntion worked just fine to me. Don't know which version of .net are you targeting, but you template of Combobox seems missed a lot of content. DropDownBorder should be a descendant of PART_Popup which represent the dropdown part of a combobox. Any way, the complete template of combobox in .net version 4.7.1 should like below:
<Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF0F0F0" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE5E5E5" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFACACAC"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border" Color="#FFABADB3"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFECF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAECFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAEBFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFD9D9D9"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Glyph" Color="#FF606060"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Border x:Name="splitBorder" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}">
<Path x:Name="arrow" Data="F1 M 0,0 L 2.667,2.66665 L 5.3334,0 L 5.3334,-1.78168 L 2.6667,0.88501 L0,-1.78168 L0,0 Z" Fill="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Glyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="1" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.Static.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="VerticalFirst"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Background="Transparent" Focusable="false" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" Background="{StaticResource TextBox.Static.Background}" Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTextBox}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="border" Value="0.56"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,3,5,3"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="Both"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxTemplate}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTemplate}"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
But even you can get the right template from VS, you still can get something close enough to start you work from msdn.

WPF MVVM ComboBox color

I want to change background color of my ComboBox. I mean background color of the comboBox, not items in popup list, see the picture. That's all I need! Why this is so difficult to do!? Why this doesn't work out of the box? I would like to find solution in MVVM-approach, without hacks in code-behind, etc.
p.s. Of course I've tried all suggestions from similar discussions - it doesn't work for me (Windows 10 - maybe this is important).
Thank you!
If you look at the default style you'll understand why it doesn't work out of the box. See below where CustomBrush1 is applied to change the color you want:
<Window.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="CustomBrush1" Color="#2fff0000"/>
<Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF0F0F0" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE5E5E5" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFACACAC"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border" Color="#FFABADB3"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFECF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAECFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAEBFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFD9D9D9"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Glyph" Color="#FF606060"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{StaticResource CustomBrush1}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Border x:Name="splitBorder" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}">
<Path x:Name="arrow" Data="F1 M 0,0 L 2.667,2.66665 L 5.3334,0 L 5.3334,-1.78168 L 2.6667,0.88501 L0,-1.78168 L0,0 Z" Fill="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Glyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="1" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.Static.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="VerticalFirst"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Background="Transparent" Focusable="false" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" Background="{StaticResource TextBox.Static.Background}" Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTextBox}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="border" Value="0.56"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,3,5,3"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="Both"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxTemplate}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTemplate}"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<ComboBox x:Name="comboBox"
Style="{DynamicResource ComboBoxStyle1}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Margin="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Width="120"
/>
</Grid>
EDIT: Note though you may not be able to make it much smaller just because you're changing things inside the ControlTemplate. And whilst you can have a Style that is BasedOn another style, which reduces the amount of necessary XAML, the same is NOT true with a Template. With a Template you have to copy everything.
Here's a quote from Adam Nathan's excellent book, WPF Unleashed:
There is no mechanism for tweaking existing templates (like Style’s BasedOn). Instead, you can easily retrieve a XAML representation for any existing (...) template, modify it, and then apply it as a brand-new (...) template.

Trying to set the Background of a combobox in WPF

I am customizing how my validations show in my WPF application. I have a single style.xaml for my application and most of my control styles look like the following textbox style.
<Style x:Key="TextBoxInputField" TargetType="TextBox" BasedOn="{StaticResource TextBoxFieldBase}">
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={converters:ValidationErrorsToErrorMessagesConverter}}" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={converters:ValidationErrorsToBackgroundColorConverter}}" />
<Setter Property="Validation.ErrorTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This sets the tooltip and the background according to whether or not the bound property has validation errors. But when I try something similar with the combobox style the background is set according to Snoop, but the combobox does not appear yellow in the UI.
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxValidation" TargetType="ComboBox" BasedOn="{StaticResource ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={converters:ValidationErrorsToBackgroundColorConverter}}" />
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={converters:ValidationErrorsToErrorMessagesConverter}}" />
<Setter Property="Validation.ErrorTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
What can I do to change the background of the combobox to show in the UI?
I ran in to this issue a year ago, it has to do with WPF using OS Windows styles for the combo box regardless of your background color. To get around this you need to completely define the combobox style. I created this combobox style which would need tweaking but could give you an idea.
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBoxNormalBorderBrush" Color="#e3e9ef" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBoxNormalBackgroundBrush" Color="#fff" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBoxDisabledForegroundBrush" Color="#888" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBoxDisabledBackgroundBrush" Color="#eee" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBoxDisabledBorderBrush" Color="#888" />
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton" x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButtonTemplate">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="16" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Name="Border" BorderBrush="Transparent" CornerRadius="0" BorderThickness="1, 1, 1, 1" Background="Transparent" />
<Border Grid.Column="1" Margin="1, 1, 1, 1" BorderBrush="#444" Name="ButtonBorder" CornerRadius="0, 0, 0, 0" BorderThickness="0, 0, 0, 0" Background="Blue" />
<Path x:Name="Arrow" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="1,-1,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Data="M 0 0 L 4 4 L 8 0 Z" Fill="#FFDDDDDD"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="UIElement.IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Panel.Background" TargetName="ButtonBorder" Value="#FF4444FF"/>
<Setter Property="Shape.Fill" TargetName="Arrow" Value="White" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="UIElement.IsMouseOver" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Panel.Background" TargetName="ButtonBorder" Value="Blue"/>
<Setter Property="Shape.Fill" TargetName="Arrow" Value="White" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Panel.Background" TargetName="ButtonBorder" Value="WhiteSmoke"/>
<Setter Property="Shape.Fill" TargetName="Arrow" Value="#FF8D979E"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="UIElement.IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Panel.Background" TargetName="Border" Value="#eee"/>
<Setter Property="Panel.Background" TargetName="ButtonBorder" Value="#eee"/>
<Setter Property="Border.BorderBrush" TargetName="ButtonBorder" Value="#888"/>
<Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="#888"/>
<Setter Property="Shape.Fill" TargetName="Arrow" Value="#999"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxFlatStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="UIElement.SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="Black"/>
<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ComboBox">
<Grid>
<ToggleButton Name="PART_ToggleButton" Grid.Column="2" ClickMode="Press" Focusable="False" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Mode=TwoWay}" Template="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButtonTemplate}"/>
<ContentPresenter Name="ContentSite" Margin="5, 3, 23, 3" IsHitTestVisible="False" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Content="{TemplateBinding ComboBox.SelectionBoxItem}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ComboBox.SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}"/>
<TextBox Name="PART_EditableTextBox" Margin="3, 3, 23, 3" IsReadOnly="{TemplateBinding IsReadOnly}" Visibility="Hidden" Background="Transparent" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Focusable="True" >
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="TextBox" >
<Border Name="PART_ContentHost" Focusable="False" />
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
<Border Name="OutlineBoder" BorderBrush="LightBlue" IsHitTestVisible="False" />
<!-- Popup showing items -->
<Popup Name="PART_Popup" Placement="Bottom" Focusable="False" AllowsTransparency="True" IsOpen="{TemplateBinding ComboBox.IsDropDownOpen}" PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Grid Name="DropDown" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" MinWidth="{TemplateBinding FrameworkElement.ActualWidth}" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding ComboBox.MaxDropDownHeight}">
<Border Name="DropDownBorder" Background="White" Margin="0, 1, 0, 0" CornerRadius="0" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBoxNormalBorderBrush}"/>
<ScrollViewer Margin="4" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<ItemsPresenter KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Popup>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="PART_ToggleButton" Value="LightBlue" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="ItemsControl.HasItems" Value="False">
<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.MinHeight" TargetName="DropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="UIElement.IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="#888"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="ItemsControl.IsGrouping" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="False"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="ComboBox.IsEditable" Value="True">
<Setter Property="KeyboardNavigation.IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="UIElement.Visibility" TargetName="PART_EditableTextBox" Value="Visible"/>
<Setter Property="UIElement.Visibility" TargetName="ContentSite" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
I used the Document Outline window in VS to create a template for the combobox. I tried to keep things matching the names you used for the most part. I tried to post the code that goes with it but it put it over the char limit for an answer. The XAML is a lot to look at... I think all I changed was the Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" in a couple of spots and the parts that use your converters.
XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication5.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication5"
xmlns:Themes="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero2">
<Window.Resources>
<local:ValidationErrorsToBackgroundColorConverter x:Key="ValidationErrorsToBackgroundColorConverter" />
<local:ValidationErrorsToErrorMessagesConverter x:Key="ValidationErrorsToErrorMessagesConverter" />
<Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFACACAC"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border" Color="#FFABADB3"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFECF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAECFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAEBFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFD9D9D9"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Glyph" Color="#FF606060"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Border x:Name="splitBorder" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}">
<Path x:Name="arrow" Data="F1 M 0,0 L 2.667,2.66665 L 5.3334,0 L 5.3334,-1.78168 L 2.6667,0.88501 L0,-1.78168 L0,0 Z" Fill="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Glyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="1" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="VerticalFirst"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Background="Transparent" Focusable="false" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTextBox}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="border" Value="0.56"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="Validation.HasError" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={StaticResource ValidationErrorsToErrorMessagesConverter}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxValidation" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={StaticResource ValidationErrorsToBackgroundColorConverter}}"/>
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors), Converter={StaticResource ValidationErrorsToErrorMessagesConverter}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,3,5,3"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="Both"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxTemplate}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTemplate}"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<StackPanel>
<ComboBox Margin="5" Style="{DynamicResource ComboBoxValidation}">
<ComboBox.SelectedItem>
<Binding Path="SelectedItem" Mode="OneWayToSource">
<Binding.ValidationRules>
<local:ComboBoxItemValidation />
</Binding.ValidationRules>
</Binding>
</ComboBox.SelectedItem>
<ComboBoxItem Content="Item 1" IsSelected="True" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Item 2" />
</ComboBox>
</StackPanel>
</Window>

How do I remove WPF ComboBox unwanted border around ComboBoxItem area?

I have a ComboBox that has a border around all of the ComboBoxItems as a whole. The picture below shows a white line around the ComboBoxItems in purple. The white line surrounding all of those ComboBoxItems is what I'm trying to remove.
Here is my code.
<ComboBox Name="mycombobox" IsEditable="True" IsReadOnly="True" Text="Test Text" Foreground="Black" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Purple" Background="Yellow" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="240" Height="20">
<ComboBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ComboBoxItem">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Purple"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
</Style>
</ComboBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<ComboBoxItem Name="subItem1">subItem1</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem Name="subItem2">subItem2</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem Name="subItem3">subItem3</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem Name="subItem4">subItem4</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem Name="subItem5">subItem5</ComboBoxItem>
</ComboBox>
I've tried setting border settings in the ItemContainerStyle, but nothing I do removes that border. Any help is appreciated.
You need to edit the Popup border of the ComboBox Control Template. Either by setting the main ComboBox BorderThickness/BorderBrush property as I can see it is template bounded, or by recreating the whole ControlTemplate and having a custom Popup:
Source: MSDN ComboBox Styles And Templates
EDIT
I would HIGHLY recommend using Blend to do this rather than try to recreate the ControlTempalte yourself.
Right Click ComboBox -> Edit Template -> Edit A Copy
Expand PART_Popup and look for the shadow element and move its child (dropDownBorder) into the shadows parent (PART_Popup)
Select dropDownBorder element and choose BorderBrush property and then choose "No Brush"
Without Blend it gets really nasty :|.
This is how it looks:
Here is the code that blend generated (Obviously you would put this into a separate style in a resource dictionary!):
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:system="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
xmlns:Themes="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero2" x:Class="RxUITests.MainWindow"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF0F0F0" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE5E5E5" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFACACAC"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border" Color="#FFABADB3"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFECF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAECFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAEBFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFD9D9D9"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Glyph" Color="#FF606060"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Border x:Name="splitBorder" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}">
<Path x:Name="arrow" Data="F1 M 0,0 L 2.667,2.66665 L 5.3334,0 L 5.3334,-1.78168 L 2.6667,0.88501 L0,-1.78168 L0,0 Z" Fill="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Glyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="1" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height"
TargetName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.Static.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="VerticalFirst"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Background="Transparent" Focusable="false" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" Background="{StaticResource TextBox.Static.Background}" Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTextBox}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="border" Value="0.56"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true"/>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,3,5,3"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="Both"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxTemplate}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTemplate}"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<ComboBox x:Name="Mycombobox"
IsEditable="True"
IsReadOnly="True"
Text="Test Text"
Foreground="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="Purple"
Background="Yellow"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Width="240"
Height="20" Style="{DynamicResource ComboBoxStyle1}">
<ComboBoxItem x:Name="SubItem1" Content="subItem1"/>
<ComboBoxItem x:Name="SubItem2" Content="subItem2"/>
<ComboBoxItem x:Name="SubItem3" Content="subItem3"/>
<ComboBoxItem x:Name="SubItem4" Content="subItem4"/>
<ComboBoxItem x:Name="SubItem5" Content="subItem5"/>
</ComboBox>
</Grid>

ComboBox text color issue

How can I ask my ComboBoxItem to be in white color when selected, but in black when not. Here's my attempt using DataTemplate:
<Style x:Key="MyComboStyle" TargetType="ComboBox">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="ItemTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type localVM:MyVM}" x:Key="DT1" >
<TextBlock Text="{Binding MyProp}" Foreground="Black" />
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type localVM:MyVM}" x:Key="DT2">
<Expander>
<Expander.Header>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding MyProp}" Foreground="Black" />
</Expander.Header>
<Expander.Content>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Children}" DisplayMemberPath="MyProp" />
</Expander.Content>
</Expander>
</DataTemplate>
</DataTemplate.Resources>
<ContentControl Content="{Binding}">
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding HasChildren}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource DT1}" />
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding HasChildren}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource DT2}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ContentControl.Style>
</ContentControl>
</DataTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This doesn't work quite right. ComboBox shows currently selected item in black, not white.
Try this option:
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:Themes="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero2"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
x:Class="WpfAnswer001.Window2"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfAnswer001"
x:Name="Window"
Title="Window2"
DataContext="{StaticResource ResourceKey=Window2ViewModel}">
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate1">
<Grid>
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Text}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate2">
<Grid>
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Text}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF0F0F0" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE5E5E5" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFACACAC"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border" Color="#FFABADB3"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFECF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBF4FC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDCECFC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph" Color="#FF000000"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAECFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFDAEBFC" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC4E0FC" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFD9D9D9"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border" Color="#FFBFBFBF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ComboBox.Static.Glyph" Color="#FF606060"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="ClickMode" Value="Press"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF727272" Offset="0.0"/>
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1.0"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
<Border x:Name="splitBorder" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}">
<Path x:Name="arrow" Data="F1 M 0,0 L 2.667,2.66665 L 5.3334,0 L 5.3334,-1.78168 L 2.6667,0.88501 L0,-1.78168 L0,0 Z" Fill="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Glyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsMouseOver, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.MouseOver.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsPressed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="true"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Pressed.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="arrow" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Glyph}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="false"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEnabled, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="false"/>
<Condition Binding="{Binding IsEditable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ComboBox}}}" Value="true"/>
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="splitBorder" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Disabled.Editable.Button.Border}"/>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="1" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<ContentControl Foreground="White">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{StaticResource DataTemplate2}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</ContentControl>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.Static.Background" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="VerticalFirst"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Background="Transparent" Focusable="false" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid x:Name="templateRoot" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}" Width="0"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
<Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="shadow" Color="Transparent" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=templateRoot}">
<Border x:Name="dropDownBorder" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}" BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
<Grid x:Name="grid" RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
<Rectangle x:Name="opaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=dropDownBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=dropDownBorder}"/>
</Canvas>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
</Popup>
<ToggleButton x:Name="toggleButton" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" Background="{StaticResource TextBox.Static.Background}" Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTextBox}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="border" Value="0.56"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="shadow" Value="0,0,5,5"/>
<Setter Property="Color" TargetName="shadow" Value="#71000000"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Height" TargetName="dropDownBorder" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="opaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBoxStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ComboBox.Static.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,3,5,3"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="Both"/>
<Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxTemplate}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTemplate}"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<ComboBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120" ItemsSource="{Binding ComboItems}" ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource DataTemplate1}" Style="{DynamicResource ComboBoxStyle1}"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
The key here is the following Data template:
<DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate2">
<Grid>
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Text}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
As well as the content control containing the content presenter in the ComboBox:
<ContentControl Foreground="White">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{StaticResource DataTemplate2}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</ContentControl>
This is how it looks for me at runtime:
I didn't include the code for the view models, let me know if you need it.

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