Datepicker that is always open - wpf

Question

I'm trying to customize the WPF datepicker so that the user doesn't have to click a button to open the picker but that it is always visible.
I've set the PART_Popup to IsOpen = true and StaysOpen = true but that doesn't do the trick..
<Window x:Class="WPFDatePickerSample.Window2"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window2" Height="300" Width="300">
<Window.Resources>
<Style TargetType="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="3,2,0,2"/>
<!--<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="0" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="DatePicker">
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<Border.Child>
<Grid x:Name="PART_Root"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}">
<Grid.Resources>
<!-- Main DatePicker Brushes -->
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="DisabledBrush" Color="#A5FFFFFF" />
<!-- Button Template -->
<ControlTemplate x:Key="DropDownButtonTemplate" TargetType="Button">
<Grid>
<!--Start UI-->
<Grid Height="20" Width="20" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" Background="#11FFFFFF" FlowDirection="LeftToRight">
<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 Margin="-1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="4" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FF45D6FA" Opacity="0" CornerRadius="0,0,1,1" x:Name="Highlight"/>
<Border x:Name="Background" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFFFFFFF" Opacity="1" CornerRadius=".5" Background="#FF1F3B53"/>
<Border x:Name="BackgroundGradient" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#BF000000" Opacity="1" CornerRadius=".5">
<Border.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush StartPoint=".7,0" EndPoint=".7,1">
<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.Stroke>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.48,-1" StartPoint="0.48,1.25">
<GradientStop Color="#FF494949"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF9F9F9F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Stroke>
<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>
<Path HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,3,4,3" VerticalAlignment="Center" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Fill="#FF2F2F2F" Stretch="Fill" 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" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="3"/>
<Ellipse HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" StrokeThickness="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Width="3" Height="3"/>
<Border Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="4" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#B2FFFFFF" Opacity="0" CornerRadius="0,0,.5,.5" x:Name="DisabledVisual"/>
</Grid>
<!--End UI-->
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Grid.Resources>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox x:Name="PART_TextBox"
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
BorderThickness="1"
Text="Selecteer datum" MinHeight="20"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center" >
</TextBox>
<Grid x:Name="PART_DisabledVisual"
Opacity="0"
IsHitTestVisible="False"
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1" Fill="#A5FFFFFF"/>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1" Fill="#A5FFFFFF" Height="18" Width="19" Margin="3,0,3,0" />
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup"
PlacementTarget="{Binding ElementName=PART_TextBox}"
Placement="Bottom"
IsOpen="True"
StaysOpen="True"
AllowsTransparency="True" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Border.Child>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<DatePicker></DatePicker>
</Grid>

Answer 1

I used Calendar instead of DatePicker to achieve my goal.

Answer 2

You have direct Dependency property in DatePicker for this. Please make use of the property in IsDropDownOpen = true. Hope your question is answered.
<DatePicker IsDropDownOpen="True" ></DatePicker>
Regards,
Abdul Rahman A.H.