Two way slider or range slider Windows Phone 8 - silverlight

I want to use a two way slider to get both minimum and maximum value from user. I have edited the template and got two rectangles on the slider but only one responds. On sliding second rectangle the first one is responding instead of second.
Please tell how to make two way slider work properly.
Edited Slider Template
<Style x:Key="CustomSlider" TargetType="Slider">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Maximum" Value="10"/>
<Setter Property="Minimum" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Value" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource PhoneChromeBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Slider">
<Grid Background="Transparent">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="HorizontalTrack"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="VerticalTrack"/>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Fill" Storyboard.TargetName="VerticalFill">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="HorizontalTemplate" Margin="{StaticResource PhoneHorizontalMargin}">
<Rectangle x:Name="HorizontalTrack" Height="12" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="0,22,0,10" Fill="#FF75B3C1"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="HorizontalFill" Height="12" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="0,22,0,10" Fill="#FFEE887E">
<Rectangle.Clip>
<RectangleGeometry Rect="0, 0, 6, 12"/>
</Rectangle.Clip>
</Rectangle>
<Rectangle x:Name="HorizontalCenterElement" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="24" Margin="0,10,0,0" Width="12" Fill="#FFBAB9C3">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
<Rectangle x:Name="HorizontalCenterElement1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="24" Margin="369,44,0,34" Width="12" Fill="#FFBAB9C3">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
</Grid>
<Grid x:Name="VerticalTemplate" Margin="{StaticResource PhoneVerticalMargin}">
<Rectangle x:Name="VerticalTrack" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="18,0,18,0" Width="12"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="VerticalFill" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" IsHitTestVisible="False" Margin="18,0,18,0" Width="12">
<Rectangle.Clip>
<RectangleGeometry Rect="0, 0, 12, 6"/>
</Rectangle.Clip>
</Rectangle>
<Rectangle x:Name="VerticalCenterElement" Fill="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}" Height="12" Margin="12,0,12,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="24">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

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<RowDefinition />
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<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="SemiBold"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14"/>
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<Setter.Value>
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<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal">
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<VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
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<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
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<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused">
<Storyboard>
<!--<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualWhite"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualBlack"/>-->
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<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
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For VisualState Focused I should change Text Color of Button content to White.
'' this code doesn't work in my case, but It's only solutions that I can find on StackOverflow.
Upd : On Button Click I set this button focused from code-behind
Define styles for text blocks By using a DataTriggers and Binding Your Property to the Button triggers and Applye this to all your Button content in this TextBlock, code Below ...
<Style x:Key="TextBlockStyle" TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType=Button,AncestorLevel=1}, Path=IsFocused}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>

How do I change the control type from a button to a togglebutton in Expression Blend?

I've created quite a complex button, but I've now realized that it should've been a Toggle Button (due to needing the checked state). Is it possible to simply change something in the code to make this happen?
I'd rather not have to start from scratch on a new toggle button
<ResourceDictionary
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d">
<Style x:Key="HolonBaseButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="383*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
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<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Shape.Stroke).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="Background">
<EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource MouseOver}"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled"/>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Path x:Name="Background" Data="M0.5,0.5 L383.5,0.5 399.5,16.499999 399.5,59.5 0.5,59.5 z" Stretch="Fill" Grid.ColumnSpan="1">
<Path.Fill>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource HolonBaseBackground}"/>
</Path.Fill>
<Path.Stroke>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource HolonBaseStroke}"/>
</Path.Stroke>
</Path>
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" Visibility="Hidden" Margin="182.188,22.02,165.188,22.02"/>
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<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource DisabledControlsText}"/>
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<Rectangle.Fill>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource Selector}"/>
</Rectangle.Fill>
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<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"/>
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</ControlTemplate>
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<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
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<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
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<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
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<Path.Stroke>
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<Path.Fill>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource Mark}"/>
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<Setter Property="Width" Value="17"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="17"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="17"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="17"/>
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<!-- Resource dictionary entries should be defined here. -->
You don't have to start from scratch especially with it being a Button -> ToggleButton where they are almost identical in base functionality.
So by just doing a find and replace Button to ToggleButton you'd be almost done. As you mentioned ToggleButton does not like:
<Trigger Property="IsDefaulted" Value="True"/>
so you need to switch that to
<Trigger Property="Button.IsDefaulted" Value="True"/>
however if you look at that xaml, it's an empty Trigger definition which is pointless. So in your Style you could just get rid of the following bit:
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsDefaulted" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
Am not going to start explaining what makes this an empty Trigger, As I mentioned you should pick up a book on "Basic WPF and Blend" to get to grip with how to do stuff in blend and what blend actually does for you in the background.
As for TypeDefinition:
It just means what's the type of control, that Style / ControlTemplate is intended for.
In the following lines:
<Style x:Key="HolonBaseButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
the TargetType="{x:Type Button}" says that the Style in first line and ControlTemplate in second are intended to be used for a Button so if you try to use it for a ToggleButton, you'd get an error. It's pretty verbose, so to switch it you just switch Button with ToggleBUtton which the find and replace would do fine.
So your converted Style:
<Style x:Key="HolonBaseButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="383*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Shape.Stroke).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="Background">
<EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource MouseOver}"/>
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled"/>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Path x:Name="Background" Data="M0.5,0.5 L383.5,0.5 399.5,16.499999 399.5,59.5 0.5,59.5 z" Stretch="Fill" Grid.ColumnSpan="1">
<Path.Fill>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource HolonBaseBackground}"/>
</Path.Fill>
<Path.Stroke>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource HolonBaseStroke}"/>
</Path.Stroke>
</Path>
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" Visibility="Hidden" Margin="182.188,22.02,165.188,22.02"/>
<ToggleButton x:Name="btnMark" Content="ToggleButton" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0" Style="{DynamicResource MarkToggleButton}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="0"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="TimeCreated" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Height="Auto" Margin="0,3.7,20.794,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="9 mins ago" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="Auto" FontFamily="{DynamicResource SystemText}" FontSize="10" TextAlignment="Right">
<TextBlock.Foreground>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource DisabledControlsText}"/>
</TextBlock.Foreground>
</TextBlock>
<Rectangle x:Name="Selector" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Height="Auto" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Stroke="{x:Null}" Visibility="Hidden">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource Selector}"/>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

Reusing a storyboard

I am teaching myself how to use Blend some MS lessons. One project I am going through is a calculator, where the calculator keys are defined using the xaml below, each with it's own storyboard to animate the press and release of the key.
The images for each key were created in Photoshop or something similar, and the end result is the nice looking calculator below.
Questions:
is it possible to define the StoryBoard(s) once and reuse that for each 'key'? How?
is it possible to turn each key into a button? How?
Cheers,
Berryl
sample calculator key
<Canvas x:Name="plus" Height="75" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,362,485,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="111" Clip="M60.612606,3.8724005 C57.263493,4.7858224 6.0270014,29.143972 5.1136127,30.361849 C4.2002244,31.579754 4.895596,32.797173 5.8089843,34.31953 C6.722373,35.841862 43.258041,68.419128 45.389259,69.94146 C47.520477,71.463791 47.520477,71.159058 50.260643,70.245667 C53.000813,69.332275 104.15021,40.713028 104.45465,39.495182 C104.75909,38.277306 104.75952,37.059433 103.54169,35.841587 C102.32386,34.623711 64.291183,3.7548122 62.439445,3.7270708 C60.571468,3.6990852 60.612606,3.8724005 60.612606,3.8724005 z">
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="MouseLeftButtonDown">
<im:ControlStoryboardAction Storyboard="{StaticResource PlusPress}"/>
</i:EventTrigger>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="MouseLeftButtonUp">
<im:ControlStoryboardAction Storyboard="{StaticResource PlusRelease}"/>
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>
<Image x:Name="image14" Height="75" Width="111" Source="images/plus.png" Stretch="Fill" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<Image.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform/>
<SkewTransform/>
<RotateTransform/>
<TranslateTransform/>
</TransformGroup>
</Image.RenderTransform>
</Image>
</Canvas>
sample story boards
<Storyboard x:Name="PlusPress">
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="image14" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[3].(TranslateTransform.Y)">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.2000000" Value="7">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<CircleEase EasingMode="EaseInOut"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
<Storyboard x:Name="PlusRelease">
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="image14" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[3].(TranslateTransform.Y)">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.2000000" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
The next step is to learn how to template a button. After that, you can use transition effect between "Pressed" and "Normal" states.
Edit 1
Example :
You must adapt these styles with your use (image instead of text etc..).
In Blend after past this snippet, right click on one button, Edit Template > Edit Current...
Or in Resources pannel : Right click on CalcButtonStyle Edit You can change default properties (background color, margin etc.) in this mode. Il you want change the template : on object and Timeline pannel, right click on "<> Style" Edit Template > Edit Current...
You can see the different states (Normal, Pressed etc.) in the States pannel.
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<StackPanel.Resources>
<!-- The main calc button style -->
<Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="CalcButtonStyle">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Arial Black" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF838383" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF393939" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF293037" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="3"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.255"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundPressed" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.8" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(CompositeTransform.TranslateY)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" d:IsOptimized="True">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<BackEase EasingMode="EaseInOut"/>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(CompositeTransform.TranslateX)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" d:IsOptimized="True">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<BackEase EasingMode="EaseInOut"/>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" Storyboard.TargetName="DisabledVisualElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" To=".55"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Unfocused" />
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Border x:Name="Background" IsHitTestVisible="False" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="3" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"/>
<Border x:Name="BackgroundPressed" IsHitTestVisible="False" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="3" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" Opacity="0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" >
<Border.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform ScaleY="-1"/>
</Border.RenderTransform>
</Border>
<ContentPresenter
x:Name="contentPresenter"
Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<ContentPresenter.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform/>
</ContentPresenter.RenderTransform>
</ContentPresenter>
<Rectangle x:Name="DisabledVisualElement" RadiusX="3" RadiusY="3" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="false" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<!-- Define CalcButtonStyle as default style for all buttons -->
<Style TargetType="Button" BasedOn="{StaticResource CalcButtonStyle}" />
<!-- Override style for Gray buttons -->
<Style x:Key="CalcGrayButtonStyle" TargetType="Button" BasedOn="{StaticResource CalcButtonStyle}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Gray" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF999999" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4B4B4B" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF41464B" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF373737" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<Button Content="7" Width="22" Height="22" Margin="2"/>
<Button Content="8" Width="22" Height="22" Margin="2" />
<Button Content="9" Width="22" Height="22" Margin="2" />
<Button Content="-" Width="22" Height="22" Margin="2" Style="{StaticResource CalcGrayButtonStyle}" />
</StackPanel>
Edit 2
In your case, the template might look like this:
Warning: I deleted the visual states "MouseOver, Disabled, Focused etc." I just kept the pressed state.
<UserControl.Resources>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.255"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="7" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(CompositeTransform.TranslateY)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" d:IsOptimized="True">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<BackEase EasingMode="EaseInOut"/>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="7" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(CompositeTransform.TranslateX)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" d:IsOptimized="True">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<BackEase EasingMode="EaseInOut"/>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled"/>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Unfocused"/>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<ContentPresenter.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform/>
</ContentPresenter.RenderTransform>
</ContentPresenter>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<Canvas x:Name="plus" Height="75" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,362,485,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="111" Clip="M60.612606,3.8724005 C57.263493,4.7858224 6.0270014,29.143972 5.1136127,30.361849 C4.2002244,31.579754 4.895596,32.797173 5.8089843,34.31953 C6.722373,35.841862 43.258041,68.419128 45.389259,69.94146 C47.520477,71.463791 47.520477,71.159058 50.260643,70.245667 C53.000813,69.332275 104.15021,40.713028 104.45465,39.495182 C104.75909,38.277306 104.75952,37.059433 103.54169,35.841587 C102.32386,34.623711 64.291183,3.7548122 62.439445,3.7270708 C60.571468,3.6990852 60.612606,3.8724005 60.612606,3.8724005 z">
<Button>
<Image x:Name="image14" Height="75" Width="111" Source="icon-twitter-footer.png" Stretch="Fill" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<Image.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform/>
<SkewTransform/>
<RotateTransform/>
<TranslateTransform/>
</TransformGroup>
</Image.RenderTransform>
</Image>
</Button>
</Canvas>
</Grid>

WPF XAML Animation property path not working

I'm trying to animate the content of a metro styled button.
My problem is that the content of the button does not change color.
The foreground color does not change.
Here's my button's style:
<Style x:Key="MetroButtonStyle"
TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="MinWidth"
Value="40"/>
<Setter Property="Width"
Value="100"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight"
Value="88"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment"
Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<Border x:Name="AppButton"
Width="{TemplateBinding Width}"
Height="{TemplateBinding Height}">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0"
To="1"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)"
Storyboard.TargetName="MouseOverEllipse"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0"
To="1"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)"
Storyboard.TargetName="PressedEllipse"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0"
To="Black"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
Storyboard.TargetName="EllipseInnerContent"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0"
To="#7F8D8D8D"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
Storyboard.TargetName="EllipseInnerContent"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Grid Margin="0,14,0,5"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
MinWidth="40">
<Ellipse x:Name="PressedEllipse"
Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
Opacity="0"
Width="40"
Height="40"/>
<Ellipse x:Name="MouseOverEllipse"
Fill="#7F8D8D8D"
Opacity="0"
Width="40"
Height="40"/>
<Ellipse Fill="Transparent"
Stroke="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
StrokeThickness="2"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="EllipseInnerContent"
Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
<TextBlock x:Name="LabelText"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
FontFamily="Segoe UI"
FontSize="12"
Text="{TemplateBinding Tag}"
Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"/>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Here's is how i use it.
This does not works:
<Button Style="{StaticResource MetroButtonStyle}"
Tag="Blah">
<TextBlock Text="XXX"/>
</Button>
This works:
<Button Style="{StaticResource MetroButtonStyle}"
Tag="Blah"
Content="XXX"/>
You have
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
Storyboard.TargetName="EllipseInnerContent"
in your animations, where EllipseInnerContent is a ContentPresenter and there's no Foreground property on ContentPresenter.
Change it to ContentControl.
Also, when putting a TextBlock as a content of a control, it will inherit the foreground of the page\user control that it's part of. Use DataTemplate instead to have the TextBlock created for you and then it will inherit the foreground from the button.

GridView Column Header style

The Datagrid has much nicer looking column headers (gradient, etc). Does someone have some XAML that mimics the style the Datagrid uses for a GridView?
UPDATE
I found something very close, but still not identical:
<Style x:Key="DataGridColumnHeaderStyle1" TargetType="sdk:DataGridColumnHeader">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF000000"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="SeparatorBrush" Value="#FFC9CACA"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="4"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="sdk:DataGridColumnHeader">
<Grid x:Name="Root">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#FF448DCA" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundRectangle"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#7FFFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[3].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#CCFFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[2].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#F2FFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[1].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#FF448DCA" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundRectangle"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#D8FFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[0].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#C6FFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[1].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#8CFFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[2].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="#3FFFFFFF" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Fill).(GradientStops)[3].Color" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="SortStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Unsorted"/>
<VisualState x:Name="SortAscending">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1.0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="SortIcon"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="SortDescending">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1.0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="SortIcon"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="-.9" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(RenderTransform).ScaleY" Storyboard.TargetName="SortIcon"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Rectangle x:Name="BackgroundRectangle" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Fill="#FF1F3B53" Stretch="Fill"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="BackgroundGradient" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Stretch="Fill">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint=".7,1" StartPoint=".7,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FCFFFFFF" Offset="0.015"/>
<GradientStop Color="#F7FFFFFF" Offset="0.375"/>
<GradientStop Color="#E5FFFFFF" Offset="0.6"/>
<GradientStop Color="#D1FFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Count}" FontWeight="Bold" Width="10" Grid.Column="1" />
<Path x:Name="SortIcon" Grid.Column="2" Data="F1 M -5.215,6.099L 5.215,6.099L 0,0L -5.215,6.099 Z " Fill="#FF444444" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="4,0,0,0" Opacity="0" RenderTransformOrigin=".5,.5" Stretch="Uniform" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="8">
<Path.RenderTransform>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY=".9" ScaleX=".9"/>
</Path.RenderTransform>
</Path>
</Grid>
<Rectangle x:Name="VerticalSeparator" Grid.Column="1" Fill="{TemplateBinding SeparatorBrush}" Visibility="{TemplateBinding SeparatorVisibility}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="1"/>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This theme Might help
<Style x:Key="ColumnHeaderStyle" TargetType="{x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridColumnHeader}">
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderBackgroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource HeaderBorderBrush}" />
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1,1,1,1" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},
Path=Content}"/>
<Setter Property="ToolTipService.InitialShowDelay" Value="300" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<!-- DataGridColumnHeader Right Gripper Style -->
<Style x:Key="ColumnHeaderRightGripperStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}">
<Setter Property="Width" Value="8"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="SizeWE"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}">
<Border Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<!-- DataGridColumnHeader Left Gripper Style -->
<Style x:Key="ColumnHeaderLeftGripperStyle"
BasedOn="{StaticResource ColumnHeaderRightGripperStyle}"
TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}">
<Setter Property="Width" Value="8"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="SizeWE"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}">
<Border Name="Border"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<Canvas>
<Line RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Aliased" Stroke="#88B0E4"
X1="7" Y1="{Binding ElementName=Border, Path=ActualHeight}"
X2="7" Y2="0"/>
</Canvas>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

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