Remove the space padding margin around a ListViewItem - wpf

Would like to add style to the button, and don't understand why I have to include this line of code, where I don't want to add any Border to my button:
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
The complete code:
<Style x:Key="ButtonStyleRed" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Width="200">
<Rectangle Width="4" Height="30" Fill="#64dd17" Margin="0,0,10,1" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=DataContext.FlowStageName,RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type Button}}}"
VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="14" Foreground="White" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"/>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsDefaulted" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#263238"></Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"></Setter>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="200"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="50"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#37474f"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
</Style>
I would keep this like that but there are some other padding or margin issues which I can't resolved too.
When I don't have this border, Setter Property for Background color also doesn't work.
EDIT
When I change it to below, it leave me with the padding/margin around the button.
I have set Setters for Margin and Padding to 0, but this doesn't work.
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Width="200" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<Rectangle Width="4" Height="30" Fill="#64dd17" Margin="0,0,10,1" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=DataContext.FlowStageName,RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type Button}}}"
VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="14" Foreground="White" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"/>
</StackPanel>
EDIT2
<views:BaseView.Resources>
<views:SwapBooleanValueConverter x:Key="SwapBooleanValueConverter" />
<DataTemplate x:Key="FlowStagesTemplate">
<StackPanel>
<Button x:Name="MenuStageButton"
Tag="{Binding ID}"
Command="{Binding DataContext.OnButtonClickCommand, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}}}"
CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=TurulStageButton}"
Style="{Binding FlowStageDisplayStyle}">
</Button>
<Rectangle VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="200" Margin="0" Height="1">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="1,0" >
<GradientStop Color="#263238" Offset="0" />
<GradientStop Color="#78909c" Offset="0.5" />
<GradientStop Color="#263238" Offset="1.0" />
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</views:BaseView.Resources>
<StackPanel Background="#263238">
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding FlowStagesSubMenu}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource FlowStagesTemplate}"
BorderThickness="0" Background="#263238" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" >
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>
</ListView>
</StackPanel>

So by having that TemplateBinding you're providing THE object inside the template to receive that property of Background. Without it, there's nothing for your Setter to actually set. Which is why Background doesn't work, because there's nothing in there accepting that property.
However you don't necessarily need the Border to accomplish it. You could also just take that Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" and apply it directly to your StackPanel since it also has a Background property available anyway.
Your padding and margin issues are the same thing. You have no where in there to actually accept the Setters you're specifying. So you want padding and margin you'll either need to leave your Border and add TemplateBindings for those properties, or StackPanel atleast supports Margin so you could cross the two and create "Padding" by doing;
<StackPanel Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"..../>
Except then your background color will have space around it since Background is on the object that now also has margin. Make sense? Compare to a default Button template and notice what's missing. Basically the rule of thumb here is. If you want to set it at the actual control level like <Button Background="blah" Margin="Blah"..../> then something inside the template needs to be available for that declaration you're trying to use. At least while you're still learning how templating works anyway. Hope this helps.
Addendum;
Ok so since we figured out Button isn't actually your issue but the parent. Try this instead.
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding FlowStagesSubMenu}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource FlowStagesTemplate}"
BorderThickness="0" Background="#263238"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" >
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>
</ListView>

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Remove highlights from ListBox of ListBox

I have the following code and I can't remove the highlights:
<ListBox
Name="OuterListBox"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
AlternationCount="2"
Background="White"
BorderThickness="0"
ItemsSource="{Binding Board}">
<ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type ListBoxItem}}" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Style.Resources>
<AlternationConverter x:Key="AlternationPaddingConverter">
<Thickness Right="25" />
<Thickness Left="25" />
</AlternationConverter>
</Style.Resources>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="{Binding (ItemsControl.AlternationIndex), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Converter={StaticResource AlternationPaddingConverter}}" />
</Style>
</ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<ListBox
Name="InnerListBox"
Background="Transparent"
BorderThickness="0"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ChangeListBoxItemHighlight}"
ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<VirtualizingStackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Ellipse
Margin="2"
Width="{Binding Size}"
Height="{Binding Size}"
Cursor="Hand"
Fill="{Binding Background}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
I tried to use a setter with Property="Template" and value <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">, but the alternation of the rows disappeared.
How can I remove the highlights, but still keep the alternating rows?
A control template defines the visual appearance of a control, its states and required parts. In order to change the representation of states like Mouse Over or Focused, you have to modify the control template. However, it is not that easy, since control templates are complex and hard to built from scratch. You can always refer to the documentation for a distinct control.
ListBox Styles and Templates > ListBoxItem (Parts and States)
As you can see, there is much to consider, so you are better off copying the default style and control template and adapt them to your needs. I have extracted and adapted them according to your question. In essence this means removing all focus and mouse triggers and adding the alternation padding.
<Style x:Key="ListBoxItemStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Style.Resources>
<AlternationConverter x:Key="AlternationPaddingConverter">
<Thickness Right="25" />
<Thickness Left="25" />
</AlternationConverter>
</Style.Resources>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="{Binding (ItemsControl.AlternationIndex), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Converter={StaticResource AlternationPaddingConverter}}" />
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding HorizontalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding VerticalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Border x:Name="Bd" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
You can then just reference this style in your ListBox or inline it if you want.
<ListBox
Name="OuterListBox"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
AlternationCount="2"
Background="White"
BorderThickness="0"
ItemsSource="{Binding Board}"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ListBoxItemStyle}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<ListBox
Name="InnerListBox"
Background="Transparent"
BorderThickness="0"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ChangeListBoxItemHighlight}"
ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<VirtualizingStackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Ellipse
Margin="2"
Width="{Binding Size}"
Height="{Binding Size}"
Cursor="Hand"
Fill="{Binding Background}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

TabControl and TabItem with Dropshadow effect WPF

I am trying to implement style for TabControl along with TabItem like below Images:
The Style should make below things visible:
List item
White Background for TabControl and selected TabItem with Dropshadow Effect.
When any TabItem is not selected, then the TabItem text color should turn to gray.
What I have achieved till now:
Able to divide width of TabControl to accommodate TabItem items with equal Sizes using TabSizeConverter converter.
Able to change background and with of TabControl and TabItems. But not able to achieve Dropshadow effect.
Below is my Style for TabItem:
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource color_MediumGray}"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="34"/>
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Resources/Fonts/#HelveticaNeueMed" />
<Setter Property="Width">
<Setter.Value>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource tabSizeConverter}">
`<Binding RelativeSource="{RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,` AncestorType={x:Type TabControl}}" />
<Binding RelativeSource="{RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type TabControl}}" Path="ActualWidth" />
</MultiBinding>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
<Border x:Name="Chrome"
BorderThickness="30,0"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource color_Transparent}"
Background="{StaticResource color_LightGray}"
Padding="0" Margin="0">
<ContentPresenter ContentSource="Header"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Selector.IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Chrome" Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
<Setter TargetName="Chrome" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource color_White}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource color_Purple}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
If anyone can help me acheving TabControl with such style would be a great help.
Thanks in advance.
The Style should make below things visible:
List Item
White Background for TabControl and selected TabItem with Dropshadow Effect.
When any TabItem is not selected, then the TabItem text color should turn to gray.
I suppose this is just a typo?
Set TabControl.Background to white, set the drop shadow effect on the TabControl, set TabControl.BorderThickness to zero, set TabItem.Background and TabItem.BorderBrush to white, do not change TabItem.BorderThickness. For the tab header alignment, an easy fix for the TabPanel.Margin is usage of negative margin for selected tabs.
Set TextBlock.Foreground on Chrome instead of playing with TabItem.Foreground in the template triggers.
Generally note that I replaced your color constants with system color names for my testing. Also I didn't bother to re-solve the tab item width issue and instead assigned them a static width. Oh, and I used default fonts instead of your font resource :)
My complete sample:
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="itemStyle" TargetType="TabItem">
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="34"/>
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Resources/Fonts/#HelveticaNeueMed" />
<Setter Property="Width" Value="310"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
<Border x:Name="Chrome"
BorderThickness="10,0"
BorderBrush="Transparent"
Background="LightGray"
TextBlock.Foreground="Gray"
Padding="0" Margin="0">
<ContentPresenter ContentSource="Header"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Selector.IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Chrome" Property="BorderBrush" Value="White"/>
<Setter TargetName="Chrome" Property="Background" Value="White"/>
<Setter TargetName="Chrome" Property="Margin" Value="-2,0,-2,-1"/>
<Setter TargetName="Chrome" Property="TextBlock.Foreground" Value="Purple"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="grid1">
<Grid MaxWidth="650" MaxHeight="600">
<Border Background="Gray">
<Border.Effect>
<BlurEffect/>
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
<TabControl BorderThickness="0" Margin="5" Background="White">
<TabControl.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect />
</TabControl.Effect>
<TabItem Header="Postpaid" Style="{StaticResource itemStyle}" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center">
<WrapPanel>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Green" Width="380" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Green" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Yellow" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
</WrapPanel>
</TabItem>
<TabItem Header="Prepaid" Style="{StaticResource itemStyle}" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center">
<WrapPanel>
<Rectangle Fill="Green" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Yellow" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Green" Width="380" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="180" Height="180" Margin="10"/>
</WrapPanel>
</TabItem>
</TabControl>
</Grid>
</Grid>

apply an existed style for ListBoxItem template

I'm trying to give a style to items in a ListBox, I made this style previously for ListViewItem which about TextBlock, Image and a Border which changes its color when an item event raised (IsSelected, IsMouseOver, IsSelectionActive), Now I want to keep this style and apply it to any item added to a ListBox
<Style x:Key="ListBoxPCInfoStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding HorizontalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding VerticalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="74" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="68">
<Image x:Name="Img" Width="56" Height="56" Margin="6,0,6,18" Source="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path= ActualHeight}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="74" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="68" CornerRadius="2.5"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{TemplateBinding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="Auto" Height="17" TextAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#33C1DEFF" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#41A5CDFF" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="#FF7DA2CE"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="#FF7DA2CE"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#97C1DEFF" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#A7A5CDFF" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="Selector.IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="#FFB4B4B4"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#7FE5E5E5" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#B2CCCCCC" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
And I have this ListBox
<ListBox x:Name="ListHosts" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}">
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="50" CornerRadius="2.5"/>
<Image x:Name="Img" Source="BtnImg/Computer.png" Stretch="None" Margin="3,0,10,0"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="PCName" Margin="0,7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Height="16" HorizontalAlignment="Left"><Run Text="{Binding Name}"/></TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox>
I feel like I'm missing something simple here... can someone help me spot it?
2 Options:
Either remove the x:Key from the style:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<!-- ... -->
this will make the style apply to all ListBoxItems in the resource scope.
or
Explicitly reference the style in your ListBox:
<ListBox ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ListBoxPCInfoStyle}">
<!-- ... -->
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Anyways, all your XAML is wrong. You're defining the ListBoxItem.Template like this:
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="74" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="68">
<Image x:Name="Img" Width="56" Height="56" Margin="6,0,6,18" Source="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path= ActualHeight}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="74" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="68" CornerRadius="2.5"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{TemplateBinding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="Auto" Height="17" TextAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0"/>
</Grid>
Which leaves no chance for custom DataTemplates to be introduced anywhere. You need to leave a ContentPresenter somewhere, so that WPF has a chance to put DataTemplated content inside that.
And the TextBlock makes no sense. You're binding against the ListBoxItem.Name property, which is completely irrelevant and makes no sense to be shown in the UI, and which you have no control over, anyways.
Data does not belong into ControlTemplates, only DataTemplates.
Change your template like so:
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="74" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="68">
<Image x:Name="Img" Width="56" Height="56" Margin="6,0,6,18" Source="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path= ActualHeight}"/>
<Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="74" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="68" CornerRadius="2.5"/>
<ContentPresenter ContentSource="Content"/>
</Grid>
And the ListBox XAML is also wrong:
By doing this:
<ListBox ...>
<DataTemplate>
<!-- ... -->
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox>
You're putting the DataTemplate as an item inside the ListBox, which is not what you want.
You need to specifically assign the DataTemplate as the ItemTemplate for the ListBox:
<ListBox ...>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<!-- ... -->
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
And why is the Image.Source bound to a property of type double? That makes no sense.
Either put a specific resource there:
<Image Source="/resources/somepic.png"/>
or
if you want to dynamically change the image dependending on certain data, then that belongs into the DataTemplate, not the ControlTemplate.
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I suggest you read up the following material:
MSDN: WPF Content Model
MSDN: WPF Controls Content Model
Dr. WPF: ItemsControls A to Z

Bind template data field to instance (via "Use a custom path expression"?)

I have created a template of a button, which contains an Image and a TextBlock. Since I would like to change the appearance of both, I think they need to be in the Template. But, of course, not every instance of this template should present the same text and image.
Until now, i found a promising property called "Use a custom path expression" at the "Text" / "Source"-value filed of the TextBlock / Image at:
Data Binding... > Element Property > Use a custom path expression
I would now like to set this value at the instances of the button. I already tried to manually insert a myText="Lorem Ipsum" in the XAML of the Button, but that does not seem to work.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Update: This is, how the XAML looks like:
<TextBlock [...] Text="{Binding myText, ElementName={x:Null}, FallbackValue=Lorem}"/>
How do I access this or modify this, so it can be accessed?
Update 2: There already exist bindings for the TextBlock and the Image. At the moment, the XAML of the Button looks like that:
<s:SurfaceButton Command="{Binding SearchCustomCommand}" Style="{DynamicResource BasicButton}">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Height="60" Width="48" IsHitTestVisible="False">
<Image Source="{StaticResource ImageSourceToolboxSearchIcon}"
[...]
Stretch="Uniform" />
<TextBlock Text="{lex:LocText ToolboxButtonSearchesCustom}"
FontFamily="{DynamicResource button.font}"
[...]
FontSize="{DynamicResource button.size}"
Foreground="{DynamicResource button.color.default}"/>
</StackPanel>
</s:SurfaceButton>
I would now like to extract the Image and Textbox to the template (which also already exists), so I could refrence the Button in a way like this (whith all the Information about sizes and colors etc in the template and only the reference to the resource in the actual instance of the button - to be able to change the image/text for echt button seperately):
<s:SurfaceButton
Command="{Binding SearchPopularCommand}"
Style="{DynamicResource ToolboxButtonBig}"
ImageSource="{StaticResource ImageSourceToolboxSearchIcon}"
TextBlockSource="{lex:LocText ToolboxButtonSearchesCustom}"/>
I already copied the whole XAML for the StackPanel and the included TextBlock and Image to the Template. Now those are shown on every Button (which is fine), but i can't change the contents of them.
I'm sorry if the description is quite poor - I'm rather new to WPF...
Update 3: After some further research, I found questions similar to mine - which obviously describe the problem better than I could:
Button template with image and text in wpf
Creating an image+text button with a control template?
it is not necessary to edit button's template to insert image and text, you can set Button.Content property like this:
<Button>
<Button.Content>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="../Images/image.png"/>
<TextBlock Text="Lorem Ipsum"/>
</StackPanel>
</Button.Content>
</Button>
and it will work well. example above can be simplified but I inserted it like this for better understanding what is going on.
EDIT:
here are examples how it can be done in two different ways:
overwriting template:
<Button Content="Lorem Ipsum">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image x:Name="ButtonImage" Source="../Images/mouseNotOverImage.png"/>
<ContentPresenter Margin="2"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
RecognizesAccessKey="True" />
</StackPanel>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="ButtonImage" Property="Source" Value="../Images/mouseOverImage.png"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>
complete button template definition you can find here
modifying style:
<Button>
<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="../Images/mouseOverImage.png"/>
<TextBlock Text="Lorem Ipsum"/>
</StackPanel>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="../Images/mouseNotOverImage.png"/>
<TextBlock Text="Lorem Ipsum"/>
</StackPanel>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
</Button>
Your first option would be to define a style (or styles), e.g.
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="MyButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}" >
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<Grid>
<Image .../>
<TextBlock Text="Test"/>
</Grid>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Button Style="{StaticResource MyButton}" />
</Grid>
Your second option would be to use Blend to make a copy of the default button style and edit that
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="MyButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}" >
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<Grid>
<TextBlock Text="Test"/>
</Grid>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ButtonFocusVisual">
<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="ButtonNormalBackground" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#F3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#EBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#DDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#CDCDCD" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ButtonNormalBorder" Color="#FF707070"/>
<Style x:Key="MyButtonStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource ButtonFocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource ButtonNormalBackground}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ButtonNormalBorder}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
<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}">
<Themes:ButtonChrome x:Name="Chrome" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" RenderMouseOver="{TemplateBinding IsMouseOver}" RenderPressed="{TemplateBinding IsPressed}" RenderDefaulted="{TemplateBinding IsDefaulted}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<!-- put your text and image here -->
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Themes:ButtonChrome>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocused" Value="true">
<Setter Property="RenderDefaulted" TargetName="Chrome" Value="true"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsChecked" Value="true">
<Setter Property="RenderPressed" TargetName="Chrome" Value="true"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#ADADAD"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Button Content="Button" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="167,151,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Style="{DynamicResource MyButtonStyle}"/>
</Grid>
and a third option would be to create a custom control based on the default button style. You could then create dependency properties and use template bindings.

WPF ListBox Image Selected the saga continues

Ok in my ListBox scrolling images w/ text, etc. the saga continues. When I click one of the items, to select it, that runs a process to open a web browser and go to a specific URL. The problem I'm having now is that when the WPF app loses focus, and the web browser opens, the item clicked inside the listbox turns white. Here's the whole ListBox XAML. I have set the selected items to transparent, so does this have something to do with the WPF app losing focus?
Is there something I can add tom the code that runs the process to open the web browser to set focus back to the WPF app?
Thanks.
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource WPFApparelCollection}}" Margin="61,-8,68,-18" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" SelectionMode="Single" x:Name="list1" MouseLeave="List1_MouseLeave" MouseMove="List1_MouseMove" Style="{DynamicResource ListBoxStyle1}" Background="Transparent" BorderThickness="0">
<ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding Path=HorizontalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}" />
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding Path=VerticalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="20,10,20,10" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Border x:Name="Bd" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" />
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}" />
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true" />
<Condition Property="Selector.IsSelectionActive" Value="false" />
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" />
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<VirtualizingStackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" IsItemsHost="True" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<Grid>
<Image Source="{Binding Image}" MouseLeave="Image_MouseLeave" MouseEnter="Image_MouseEnter" Cursor="Hand" Tag="{Binding Link}" MouseLeftButtonDown="Image_MouseLeftButtonDown" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"></Image>
</Grid>
<Label Content="{Binding Name}" Cursor="Hand" Tag="{Binding Link}" MouseLeftButtonDown="Label_MouseLeftButtonDown" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Foreground="White" Style="{StaticResource Gotham-Medium}" FontSize="8pt" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
One trick I've found when playing with selection colours in a ListBox is to work with the system brushes rather than fighting against them.
When a ListBox is focused and an item is selected, that item's background is SystemColors.HighlightBrush. When the ListBox loses focus, however, the selected item's background becomes SystemColors.ControlBrush.
Knowing this, you can override the system brushes for that ListBox so that the items within are painted with the colours you want.
<ListBox>
<ListBox.Resources>
<!-- override the system brushes so that selected items are transparent
whether the ListBox has focus or not -->
<SolidColorBrush
x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}"
Color="Transparent" />
<SolidColorBrush
x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}"
Color="Transparent" />
<SolidColorBrush
x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}"
Color="Black" />
</ListBox.Resources>
<!-- ... your items here ... -->
</ListBox>

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