Button style applying to DatePicker - wpf

Question

I have a default button style declared in App.xaml . It has DropShadowEffect applied. Strange thing is the DropShadowEffect is also getting applied to DatePicker
Can anyone help how to remove DropShadowEffect in DatePicker ?

Answer 1

This is because the DatePicker control uses the standard (default) button template that you have defined. I ran into the same issue with my default button style messing up the look of all my DatePickers. There are two was to fix this:
Solution 1: (not ideal)
Add a key to your default style and apply it to all the buttons in your app that should use it. This solution was out of the question for me as I specifically wanted the style to override the default. So...
Solution 2: (preferred but slightly painful way)
Override the default Button AND DatePicker styles in your App.xaml (or Styles.xaml) file by right clicking on the controls in the XAML designer -> Edit Template -> Edit a Copy...
Add a key to the newly added button style called something like DefaultWpfButtonStyle (ensuring that it won't be used by default) and then applying the style to the Button control inside the DatePicker style/template. This will ensure that the DatePicker uses the default WPF button style for the drop down button in your app instead of your default style.
Or you can just copy-paste the following code:
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Static.Background" Color="#FFDDDDDD"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Static.Border" Color="#FF707070"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.MouseOver.Background" Color="#FFBEE6FD"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF3C7FB1"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Pressed.Background" Color="#FFC4E5F6"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF2C628B"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF4F4F4"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFADB2B5"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Disabled.Foreground" Color="#FF838383"/>
<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>
<Style x:Key="defaultWPFButtonStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Button.Static.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource Button.Static.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" Focusable="False" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsDefaulted" Value="true">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.MouseOver.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.MouseOver.Border}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Pressed.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Pressed.Border}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Disabled.Background}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Disabled.Border}"/>
<Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" TargetName="contentPresenter" Value="{StaticResource Button.Disabled.Foreground}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type DatePicker}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF333333"/>
<Setter Property="IsTodayHighlighted" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="SelectedDateFormat" Value="Short"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint=".5,0" StartPoint=".5,1">
<GradientStop Color="#FFA3AEB9" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF8399A9" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF718597" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF617584" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DatePicker}">
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="PART_DisabledVisual"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="PART_Root" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}">
<Grid.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="DisabledBrush" Color="#A5FFFFFF"/>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="DropDownButtonTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0"/>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.1" To="MouseOver"/>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.1" To="Pressed"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#FF448DCA" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="Background"/>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[3].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#7FFFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[2].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#CCFFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[1].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#F2FFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="Background">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#FF448DCA"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="Highlight">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[1].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#EAFFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[2].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#C6FFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[3].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#6BFFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[0].(GradientStop.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#F4FFFFFF"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled"/>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid Background="#11FFFFFF" FlowDirection="LeftToRight" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="18" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="19">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="23*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="19*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="19*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="19*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border x:Name="Highlight" BorderBrush="#FF45D6FA" BorderThickness="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" CornerRadius="0,0,1,1" Margin="-1" Opacity="0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="4"/>
<Border x:Name="Background" BorderBrush="#FFFFFFFF" BorderThickness="1" Background="#FF1F3B53" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" CornerRadius=".5" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Opacity="1" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3"/>
<Border x:Name="BackgroundGradient" BorderBrush="#BF000000" BorderThickness="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" CornerRadius=".5" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Opacity="1" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint=".7,1" StartPoint=".7,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#F9FFFFFF" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#E5FFFFFF" Offset="0.625"/>
<GradientStop Color="#C6FFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
</Border>
<Rectangle Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="1" StrokeThickness="1">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.3,-1.1" StartPoint="0.46,1.6">
<GradientStop Color="#FF4084BD"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFAFCFEA" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
<Rectangle.Stroke>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.48,-1" StartPoint="0.48,1.25">
<GradientStop Color="#FF494949"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF9F9F9F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Stroke>
</Rectangle>
<Path Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Column="0" Data="M11.426758,8.4305077 L11.749023,8.4305077 L11.749023,16.331387 L10.674805,16.331387 L10.674805,10.299648 L9.0742188,11.298672 L9.0742188,10.294277 C9.4788408,10.090176 9.9094238,9.8090878 10.365967,9.4510155 C10.82251,9.0929432 11.176106,8.7527733 11.426758,8.4305077 z M14.65086,8.4305077 L18.566387,8.4305077 L18.566387,9.3435936 L15.671368,9.3435936 L15.671368,11.255703 C15.936341,11.058764 16.27293,10.960293 16.681133,10.960293 C17.411602,10.960293 17.969301,11.178717 18.354229,11.615566 C18.739157,12.052416 18.931622,12.673672 18.931622,13.479336 C18.931622,15.452317 18.052553,16.438808 16.294415,16.438808 C15.560365,16.438808 14.951641,16.234707 14.468243,15.826504 L14.881817,14.929531 C15.368796,15.326992 15.837872,15.525723 16.289043,15.525723 C17.298809,15.525723 17.803692,14.895514 17.803692,13.635098 C17.803692,12.460618 17.305971,11.873379 16.310528,11.873379 C15.83071,11.873379 15.399232,12.079271 15.016094,12.491055 L14.65086,12.238613 z" Fill="#FF2F2F2F" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,3,4,3" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Stretch="Fill" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<Ellipse Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="3" StrokeThickness="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="3"/>
<Border x:Name="DisabledVisual" BorderBrush="#B2FFFFFF" BorderThickness="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" CornerRadius="0,0,.5,.5" Opacity="0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="4"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Grid.Resources>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="PART_Button" Style="{StaticResource defaultWPFButtonStyle}" Grid.Column="1" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Focusable="False" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" Padding="0" Grid.Row="0" Template="{StaticResource DropDownButtonTemplate}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="20"/>
<DatePickerTextBox x:Name="PART_TextBox" Grid.Column="0" Focusable="{TemplateBinding Focusable}" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Row="0" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Grid x:Name="PART_DisabledVisual" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="0" IsHitTestVisible="False" Opacity="0" Grid.Row="0">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Rectangle Grid.Column="0" Fill="#A5FFFFFF" RadiusY="1" Grid.Row="0" RadiusX="1"/>
<Rectangle Grid.Column="1" Fill="#A5FFFFFF" Height="18" Margin="3,0,3,0" RadiusY="1" Grid.Row="0" RadiusX="1" Width="19"/>
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="True" Placement="Bottom" PlacementTarget="{Binding ElementName=PART_TextBox}" StaysOpen="False"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Source={x:Static SystemParameters.HighContrast}}" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" TargetName="PART_TextBox" Value="{Binding Foreground, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"/>
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
You should now have all your buttons in your app use your default style except for the DatePickers that use the default WPF button style.

Answer 2

There is a much simpler way to fix this issue. You just need to undo the style settings in the DatePicker style.
For example, if you have an App.xaml which defines the default style of all buttons in your application, create a style for the DatePicker type, add a style resource to it to undo the button styling.
<!-- Default style for all Buttons in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="25" />
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="85" />
</Style>
<!-- Default style for all DatePicker in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type DatePicker}">
<Style.Resources>
<!-- Reset the Button style inside the DatePicker to default values -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0" />
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0" />
</Style>
</Style.Resources>
</Style>
So whatever property setters you have for the button, just undo them and set them to default in the DatePicker Style.Resource.
Here is a complete App.xaml file for one of my applications:
<Application x:Class="App1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:App1"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<!-- Default style settings for all controls -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Control}" x:Key="BaseStyle">
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left" />
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Top" />
</Style>
<!-- Default style for all Labels in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Label}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}" />
<!-- Default style for all Buttons in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}">
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="25" />
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="85" />
</Style>
<!-- Default style for all GroupBoxes in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type GroupBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}" />
<!-- Default style for all CheckBoxes in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type CheckBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}" />
<!-- Default style for all ComboBoxes in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}">
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="25" />
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="80" />
</Style>
<!-- Default style for all TextBoxes in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}">
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="25" />
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Style>
<!-- Default style for all DatePicker in the application -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type DatePicker}" BasedOn="{StaticResource BaseStyle}">
<Style.Resources>
<!-- Reset the Button style inside the DatePicker to default values -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0" />
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0" />
</Style>
</Style.Resources>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>