slider AutoToolTip always on - wpf

I'm brand new to wpf. I have a window with multiple sliders and I want to display the value of the slider adjacent to the thumb how AutoToolTipPlacement behaves, except that I want it to always be visible.
I've tried a few different approaches to this but none are working out quite right.
Solution
<Track.Thumb>
<Thumb x:Name="Thumb" Focusable="False" Height="18" OverridesDefaultStyle="True" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="11">
<Thumb.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Center" UseLayoutRounding="True" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Path x:Name="grip" Data="M0,0C0,0 11,0 11,0 11,0 11,18 11,18 11,18 0,18 0,18 0,18 0,0 0,0z" Fill="#FFF0F0F0" Stretch="Fill" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Stroke="#FFACACAC" StrokeThickness="1" UseLayoutRounding="True" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="18" Margin="-12,-23,-13,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Value, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Slider}}}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="36" TextAlignment="Center" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" />
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="grip" Value="#FFDCECFC"/>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="grip" Value="#FF7EB4EA"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsDragging" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="grip" Value="#FFDAECFC"/>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="grip" Value="#FF569DE5"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="grip" Value="#FFF0F0F0"/>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="grip" Value="#FFD9D9D9"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Thumb.Template>
</Thumb>

You can create your own template for that. Here is a more general article on slider templates in WPF: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms753256.aspx. Also, here you can find a more specific example: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18270/A-Guided-Tour-of-WPF-Part-3-Data-binding.

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I want to change control properties inside the template control. For example foreground . But when I change that noting happened. I set foreground to Aqua in the bellow code and after setting IsEnabled to false nothing happened (just opacity changed)
<CheckBox Name="chbx" Content="Check Box" Foreground="White"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" IsEnabled="False" >
<CheckBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="CheckBox">
<BulletDecorator>
<BulletDecorator.Bullet>
<Border Width="15" Height="15" x:Name="border"
Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="LightGray"
BorderThickness="1" ClipToBounds="True">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="5" ShadowDepth="2"></DropShadowEffect>
</Border.Effect>
<Path x:Name="CheckMark"
Width="8"
Height="8"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Data="M 0 0 L 8 8 M 0 8 L 8 0"
Stretch="Fill"
Stroke="LightGray"
StrokeEndLineCap="Round"
StrokeStartLineCap="Round"
StrokeThickness="2"
/>
</Border>
</BulletDecorator.Bullet>
<ContentPresenter Margin="04,0,0,0"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
RecognizesAccessKey="True"
/>
</BulletDecorator>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="CheckMark" Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="White"></Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.2"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Aqua"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</CheckBox.Template>
</CheckBox>

IsMouseOver not getting triggered inside Listbox ItemTemplate

I've managed to create a ListboxItemTemplate with a Path and a Textblock. I've set the styles for the Path so that when the mouse is over it will change colours. My XAML below is:
<DataTemplate x:Key="WorkingFileTemplate">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Height="Auto" ToolTip="{Binding Path}" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Path x:Name="ButtonPath" Stroke="#FFEA3E3E" StrokeStartLineCap="Round" StrokeEndLineCap="Round" Stretch="Uniform" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,5.75,0,4.625" StrokeThickness="2.55" Width="11.25" Height="Auto" Data="M0,0 L25,25 M0,25 L25,0">
<Path.Style>
<Style TargetType="Path">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Stroke" Value="White" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Stroke" Value="#FFEA3E3E" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Path.Style>
</Path>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" Margin="5,2,0,0" TextOptions.TextFormattingMode="Display" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" FontSize="13.333" Foreground="#FFC9C9C9"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
Why doesn't it work when I hover over the mouse? It stimple doesn't get activated.
You may need to use a ControlTemplate.Trigger. Here, I added a button and have a ControlTemplate.
<Button>
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Path x:Name="ButtonPath" Stroke="#FFEA3E3E" StrokeStartLineCap="Round" StrokeEndLineCap="Round" Stretch="Uniform" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,5.75,0,4.625" StrokeThickness="2.55" Width="11.25" Height="Auto" Data="M0,0 L25,25 M0,25 L25,0">
</Path>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="ButtonPath" Property="Stroke" Value="Blue" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="ButtonPath" Property="Stroke" Value="#FFEA3E3E" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>

WPF - MenuItem highlighting has unwanted secondary highlight

I have a ContextMenu on a Button and when shown it display a list of menu items, which is fine. If I move the mouse over an item in the menu, it highlights, but I also get a secondary highlight when I hover over and around the text, see the pictures below.
How do I remove this? I've tried all types of styles, triggers and various other templates to remove the highlighting, but can't seem to make any of the work or display correctly.
There is nothing special about my context menu button either, see wpf below.
<Button.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding SelectedTreeItem.MetaTargets}">
<ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate >
<MenuItem Header="{Binding Name}"
Command="{Binding Path=SelectedTreeItem.AddTargetCommandRelay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType=Window}}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}"
/>
</DataTemplate>
</ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
</ContextMenu>
</Button.ContextMenu>
Ideally I want it to look like this when highlighted, regardless of where the mouse is within the confines of the highlighted item, see pic below.
Just remove Property="IsHighlighted" trigger from default MenuItem template:
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
<Grid SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<Rectangle x:Name="Bg" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" RadiusY="2" RadiusX="2" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="1"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="InnerBorder" Margin="1" RadiusY="2" RadiusX="2"/>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="24" SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIconColumnGroup" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="37"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIGTColumnGroup" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="17"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Icon" Content="{TemplateBinding Icon}" ContentSource="Icon" Margin="1" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<Border x:Name="GlyphPanel" BorderBrush="#FFCDD3E6" BorderThickness="1" Background="#FFE6EFF4" CornerRadius="3" Height="22" Margin="1" Visibility="Hidden" Width="22">
<Path x:Name="Glyph" Data="M0,5.1L1.7,5.2 3.4,7.1 8,0.4 9.2,0 3.3,10.8z" Fill="#FF0C12A1" FlowDirection="LeftToRight" Height="11" Width="9"/>
</Border>
<ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Grid.Column="2" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding HeaderStringFormat}" ContentSource="Header" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="4" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Text="{TemplateBinding InputGestureText}"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Icon" Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="Visible"/>
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="Bg">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#34C5EBFF" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#3481D8FF" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="Bg" Value="#8071CBF1"/>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="InnerBorder" Value="#40FFFFFF"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF9A9A9A"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="#FFEEE9E9"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="#FFDBD6D6"/>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="Glyph" Value="#FF848589"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
This is a very late answer but maybe it could help someone.
The secondary highlight is there because you actually have an extra MenuItem inside the original one.
It is a bit counter-intuitive but when you bind ItemsSource of a menu in WPF, it automatically creates MenuItems without giving it a DataTemplate. The DataTemplate you're providing is actually going inside a ContentPresenter in the originally created MenuItem.
So you should be using ItemContainerStyle to style the MenuItem, rather than giving it a DataTemplate.
I don't have the opportunity to try the following code now, but it should fix the issue:
<Button.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding SelectedTreeItem.MetaTargets}">
<ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="MenuItem">
<Style.Setters>
<Setter Property="Header" Value="{Binding Name}"/>
<Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding Path=SelectedTreeItem.AddTargetCommandRelay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType=Window}}"/>
<Setter Property="CommandParameter" Value="{Binding}"/>
</Style.Setters>
</Style>
</ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
</ContextMenu>
</Button.ContextMenu>
I use the following style for my ContextMenu instances. Obviously you can change the colors to suit.
<Style x:Key="ContextMenuStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ContextMenu}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="LightBlue"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContextMenu}">
<Border BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="LightBlue">
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
EDIT:
If that doesn't work you could go down the route of restyling your MenuItem too. Here is an example:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="{x:Static MenuItem.TopLevelHeaderTemplateKey}"
TargetType="MenuItem">
<Border Name="Border" >
<Grid>
<ContentPresenter Margin="6,3,6,3"
ContentSource="Header"
RecognizesAccessKey="True" />
<Popup Name="Popup"
Placement="Bottom"
IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsSubmenuOpen}"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Focusable="False"
PopupAnimation="Fade">
<Border Name="SubmenuBorder"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
Background="#FF2D2D30"
BorderBrush="#FF2D2D30"
BorderThickness="1" >
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True"
KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Cycle" />
</Border>
</Popup>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSuspendingPopupAnimation" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Popup" Property="PopupAnimation" Value="None"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="DimGray"/>
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger SourceName="Popup" Property="Popup.AllowsTransparency" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="SubmenuBorder" Property="CornerRadius" Value="0,0,4,4"/>
<Setter TargetName="SubmenuBorder" Property="Padding" Value="0,0,0,3"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="LightSlateGray"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="{x:Static MenuItem.TopLevelItemTemplateKey}" TargetType="MenuItem">
<Border Name="Border" >
<Grid>
<ContentPresenter Margin="6,3,6,3"
ContentSource="Header"
RecognizesAccessKey="True" />
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="DimGray"/>
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="LightSlateGray"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="{x:Static MenuItem.SubmenuItemTemplateKey}" TargetType="MenuItem">
<Border Name="Border" >
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="Icon"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="Shortcut"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="13"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentPresenter Name="Icon"
Margin="6,0,6,0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
ContentSource="Icon"/>
<Border Name="Check"
Width="13" Height="13"
Visibility="Collapsed"
Margin="6,0,6,0"
Background="#FF2D2D30"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="#FF2D2D30">
<Path Name="CheckMark"
Width="7" Height="7"
Visibility="Hidden"
SnapsToDevicePixels="False"
Stroke="DodgerBlue"
StrokeThickness="2"
Data="M 0 0 L 7 7 M 0 7 L 7 0" />
</Border>
<ContentPresenter Name="HeaderHost"
Grid.Column="1"
ContentSource="Header"
RecognizesAccessKey="True"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="InputGestureText"
Grid.Column="2"
Text="{TemplateBinding InputGestureText}"
Margin="5,2,0,2"
DockPanel.Dock="Right" />
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Icon" Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter TargetName="Icon" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="CheckMark" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsCheckable" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Check" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
<Setter TargetName="Icon" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="DimGray"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="LightSlateGray"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="{x:Static MenuItem.SubmenuHeaderTemplateKey}" TargetType="MenuItem">
<Border Name="Border" >
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="13" SharedSizeGroup="Icon"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="Shortcut"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="13"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentPresenter Name="Icon"
Margin="6,0,6,0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
ContentSource="Icon"/>
<ContentPresenter Name="HeaderHost"
Grid.Column="1"
ContentSource="Header"
RecognizesAccessKey="True"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="InputGestureText"
Grid.Column="2"
Text="{TemplateBinding InputGestureText}"
Margin="5,2,2,2"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"/>
<Path Grid.Column="3"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Data="M 0 0 L 0 7 L 4 3.5 Z"
Fill="DodgerBlue" />
<Popup Name="Popup"
Placement="Right"
HorizontalOffset="-4"
IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsSubmenuOpen}"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Focusable="False"
PopupAnimation="Fade">
<Border Name="SubmenuBorder"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
Background="#FF2D2D30"
BorderBrush="#FF2D2D30"
BorderThickness="1" >
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Cycle" />
</Border>
</Popup>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Icon" Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter TargetName="Icon" Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="DimGray"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger SourceName="Popup" Property="Popup.AllowsTransparency" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="SubmenuBorder" Property="CornerRadius" Value="4"/>
<Setter TargetName="SubmenuBorder" Property="Padding" Value="0,3,0,3"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="LightSlateGray"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="MenuItemStyle" TargetType="MenuItem">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Role" Value="TopLevelHeader">
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource {x:Static MenuItem.TopLevelHeaderTemplateKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Grid.IsSharedSizeScope" Value="true"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="Role" Value="TopLevelItem">
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource {x:Static MenuItem.TopLevelItemTemplateKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="Role" Value="SubmenuHeader">
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource {x:Static MenuItem.SubmenuHeaderTemplateKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="Role" Value="SubmenuItem">
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource {x:Static MenuItem.SubmenuItemTemplateKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
I had the same problem and solved it with a custom MenuItem template containing just a Label:
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding ReportLayouts}" x:Name="CtxReportsMenu">
<ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<MenuItem Command="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=UserControl}, Path=DataContext.ReportCmd}"
CommandParameter="{Binding }">
<MenuItem.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Label Content="{Binding Report_Description}"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</MenuItem.Template>
</MenuItem>
</DataTemplate>
</ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>

Custom WPF ComboBox doesn't show grouping

I have created a custom ComboBox in WPF
<!-- Combobox template -->
<ControlTemplate x:Key="CustomComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border x:Name="Border" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" CornerRadius="3" Background="{StaticResource CustomDarkBlue}" BorderBrush="{StaticResource CustomWhite}" BorderThickness="2"/>
<Border x:Name="Border2" Grid.Column="0" CornerRadius="3,0,0,3" Margin="1" Background="{StaticResource CustomBackground}" BorderBrush="{StaticResource CustomWhite}" BorderThickness="1,1,2,1"/>
<Path x:Name="Arrow" Grid.Column="1" Fill="{StaticResource CustomGlyph}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Data="M 0 0 L 4 4 L 8 0 Z"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource CustomDarkBlue}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource CustomDarkBlue}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource CustomGray}"/>
<Setter TargetName="Border2" Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource CustomGray}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource CustomGray}"/>
<Setter TargetName="Arrow" Property="Fill" Value="{StaticResource CustomGray}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
<!-- Combobox -->
<Style x:Key="RoundedComboBox" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource CustomWhite}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource CustomBackground}"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="21"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ComboBox">
<Grid>
<ToggleButton Name="ToggleButton" Template="{StaticResource CustomComboBoxToggleButton}" Grid.Column="2" Focusable="False" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen,Mode=TwoWay,RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" ClickMode="Press"/>
<ContentPresenter Name="ContentSite" IsHitTestVisible="False" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}" ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemStringFormat}" Margin="3,1,23,1" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
<Popup Name="Popup" Placement="Bottom" IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsDropDownOpen}" AllowsTransparency="True" Focusable="False" PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Grid Name="DropDown" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" MinWidth="{TemplateBinding ActualWidth}" MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}">
<Border x:Name="DropDownBorder" Background="{StaticResource CustomBackground}" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="{StaticResource CustomWhite}"/>
<ScrollViewer Margin="4,6,4,6" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Popup>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="MinHeight" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource CustomGray}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="False"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger SourceName="Popup" Property="Popup.AllowsTransparency" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="CornerRadius" Value="4"/>
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="Margin" Value="0,2,0,0"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This is then applied to a ComboBox
<ComboBox Grid.Column="0" x:Name="cboChild" Margin="140,65,0,0" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource GroupedData}}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource AccountTemplate}" SelectedValue="{Binding Source={StaticResource Item}, Path=child}" SelectedValuePath="ID" Width="150" Style="{StaticResource RoundedComboBox}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<ComboBox.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle HeaderTemplate="{StaticResource GroupHeader}"/>
</ComboBox.GroupStyle>
</ComboBox>
The following is found in Window.Resources
<Window.Resources>
<CollectionViewSource Source="{Binding ChildAccounts}" x:Key="GroupedData">
<CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
<PropertyGroupDescription PropertyName="group"/>
</CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
</CollectionViewSource>
<DataTemplate x:Key="GroupHeader">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding group}" Margin="0" Foreground="{StaticResource CustomWhite}"/>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="AccountTemplate">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding comment}" Margin="0" Foreground="{StaticResource CustomWhite}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
Basically grouping works as it should when the RoundedComboBox style is NOT applied (ie. to the default ComboBox) but whenever the style is applied the drop-down popup is empty
Help!!
Thanks
Andy
Found the answer..... Use <ItemsPresenter ...> instead of <StackPanel ...>
Thanks sa_ddam213 for your helpful advice above regarding the binding.

Hide ComboBox Arrow in WPF [duplicate]

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WPF ComboBox without drop-down button
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I am creating an WPF application, in that I need to Hide the ComboBox's Arrow symbol. Please help me any body.
If you want to do that, you need to Restyle the ComboBox, as DHN says. This is the one I used:
<!-- ComboBox style -->
<Style x:Key="{x:Type ComboBox}" TargetType="ComboBox">
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="120"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="25"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ComboBox">
<Grid>
<ToggleButton
Name="ToggleButton"
Template="{DynamicResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"
Grid.Column="2"
Focusable="false"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen,Mode=TwoWay,RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
ClickMode="Press">
</ToggleButton>
<ContentPresenter
Name="ContentSite"
IsHitTestVisible="False"
Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItemTemplate}"
ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding ItemTemplateSelector}"
Margin="3,3,23,3"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox"
Style="{x:Null}"
Template="{Binding Text}"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Margin="3,3,23,3"
Focusable="True"
Background="Transparent"
Visibility="Hidden"
Foreground="DarkBlue"
IsReadOnly="{TemplateBinding IsReadOnly}"/>
<Popup
Name="Popup"
Placement="Bottom"
IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsDropDownOpen}"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Focusable="False"
PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Grid
Name="DropDown"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
MinWidth="{TemplateBinding ActualWidth}"
MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}">
<Border
x:Name="DropDownBorder"
Background="{DynamicResource TextBoxBrush}"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="{DynamicResource SolidBorderBrush}"/>
<ScrollViewer Margin="4,6,4,6" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Popup>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="MinHeight" Value="95"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#373737"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger SourceName="Popup" Property="Popup.AllowsTransparency" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="CornerRadius" Value="0,0,4,4"/>
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable"
Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter TargetName="PART_EditableTextBox" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
<Setter TargetName="ContentSite" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
If you see in this code, you have a ToggleButton. This one is the one that defines your arrow. Here you have the ToggleButton style:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="20" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border
x:Name="Border"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
CornerRadius="5"
Background="{DynamicResource DarkGradient}"
BorderBrush="{DynamicResource SolidBorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="1" />
<Border
Grid.Column="0"
CornerRadius="5,0,0,5"
Margin="1"
Background="{DynamicResource TextBoxBrush}"
BorderBrush="{DynamicResource SolidBorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="0,0,1,0" />
<Path
x:Name="Arrow"
Grid.Column="1"
Fill="{DynamicResource TextBoxBrush}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Data="M 0 0 L 4 4 L 8 0 Z"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Gray" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="DarkBlue"/>
<Setter TargetName="Arrow" Property="Fill" Value="DarkGray" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
If you erase this line:
<Path
x:Name="Arrow"
Grid.Column="1"
Fill="{DynamicResource TextBoxBrush}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Data="M 0 0 L 4 4 L 8 0 Z"/>
And also comment:
<Setter TargetName="Arrow" Property="Fill" Value="DarkGray" />
on the ToggleButton you erase your arrow :)
NOTE: If you want to use this code exactly, you need to create your own Fill colors.

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