Is there a way to put a clipping path on an ImageBrush in Silverlight (not an Image)? I don't see it available from Intellisense, but I'm wondering if there may be a way to do this.
Yet another unpopular "No" answer. The answer is: there is isn't a way to do this.
One possible work around if its vital to create such a brush might be to use a WriteableBitmap. Render an Image using the original source plus the Clip onto a WriteableBitmap then use it as the source to an ImageBrush.
Maybe this will help
I had a problem with an ImageBrush and a Border with a CornerRadius. I couldn't get the Image to fill/clip to fit. I resolved it by moving the ImageBrush to the content of the Border.
Here's the original with the problem:
<Border CornerRadius="0,0,4,4" BorderThickness="0">
<Border.Background>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="/SLTest;component/Resources/background_image.png" Opacity="1" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
</Border.Background>
<ListBox x:Name="lbiMesages"
Opacity="1" BorderThickness="0"
IsHitTestVisible="False"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ListBoxItemStyle1}"
>
Here's the working version:
<ListBox x:Name="lbiMessages"
Opacity="1" BorderThickness="0"
IsHitTestVisible="False"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ListBoxItemStyle1}"
>
<ListBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border CornerRadius="0,0,4,4" BorderThickness="0">
<Border.Background>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="/SLTest;component/Resources/background_image.png" Opacity="1" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
</Border.Background>
...
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
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I want to attach a DropShadowEffect on a Border control. I see it on runtime but not in the designer.
<Grid>
<Border Background="LightGray"
BorderBrush="DarkGray"
BorderThickness="1"
ClipToBounds="True"
Width="400"
Height="100">
<Border Background="Transparent"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="0,10,0,0"
Margin="0,-11,0,0">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0"/>
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
</Border>
</Grid>
It's quite annoying, especially if working on custom control library.
The former and now apparently obsolete DropShadowBitmapEffect works on run- and designtime.
Edit:
This not a duplicate of other questions like Here as it is quite the opposite problem. The shadow effect appears at runtime, but not in the designer. Just try it out with NET-Framework WPF Project and the code above.
I created a window with no style and added a custom border. I need my window to drop a shadow.
<Border BorderBrush="#000000 "
BorderThickness="1,0,1,1" Width="400"
Height="400"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
CornerRadius="10, 10, 0, 0"
Background="Black">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect Color="Black" Direction="320"
ShadowDepth="5" Opacity="1" BlurRadius="5" />
</Border.Effect></Border>
But my shadow disappears when I set the width and height like this :
Width="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor,
AncestorType={x:Type Window}}, Path=Width}"
Help me find a solution please. Thanks
Since we don't have the full scope of your solution, I must assume that the Border is within a ControlTemplate that is assigned to the Style of the Window. Remember that if you are going to apply a DropShadowEffect to the root window you need to pad it otherwise you won't see it. Apply Padding="10" to Border and you should see it.
Try To add on the X & Y Thickness of the Shadow to your Windows dimensions
Don't apply effects on the root visuals! In this case, they apply to all children down visual tree and will be cause of reducing performance.
Use the next pattern:
<Grid x:Name="RootWindowGrid">
<Border x:Name="BorderWithEffect" Margin="5">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect Color="Black" Direction="320" ShadowDepth="5" Opacity="1" BlurRadius="5" />
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
<Border x:Name="RootBorder_ForAll_Another_Window_Visuals" Margin="5"/>
</Grid>
Margin depends on effect intensivity.
I want my to have a sunken border like a textbox. How to do this? Is there a way to get the controltemplate to mimc the parent border?
There is no theme for you to use, but you can work around like this:
Using this MSDN model (http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/dynimg/IC84967.gif):
Here's my recommendation: (sunken inner)
Just change the height/width of the outside border and you use this block of XAML like a TextBox. Reverse the two border tags if you want an outder border instead. Should be easy for you.
<Border Width="100" Height="200"
BorderBrush="Gainsboro" BorderThickness="0,0,5,5">
<Border BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="5,5,0,0">
<TextBox Text="Hello World"
BorderThickness="0"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
</Border>
</Border>
Special thanks to: Style a border with a different brush color for each corner
Should look like this:
You can try something like this
<Border Margin="20" BorderThickness="0.5" BorderBrush="Gray">
<Border BorderThickness="1,1,0,0" BorderBrush="DarkGray">
<ContentPresenter />
</Border>
</Border>
You might need to play with the colours though.
I have a StackPanel containing five images and I want to put a black border around each image.
The XAML I have at the moment is:
<Image Name="imgPic1"
Width="100"
Height="75"
Stretch="Fill"
VerticalAlignment="Top" />
I thought I would be just able to put a one-unit margin or padding on the image and set a background color to 000000 but Padding and Background are both invalid for images.
What is an easy way to do this in XAML? Do I really have to put each image inside another control to get a border around it or is there some other trickery I can use?
Simply wrap the Image in a Border control
<Border BorderThickness="1">
<Image Name="imgPic1"
Width="100"
Height="75"
Stretch="Fill"
VerticalAlignment="Top" />
</Border>
You could also provide a style you apply to images that does this if you don't want to do it around every image
Final solution from answer and comments added by Pax:
<Border BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="#FF000000"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Image Name="imgPic1"
Width="100"
Height="75"
Stretch="Fill"
VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Border>
The accepted answer will not work because of the problem described here
https://wpf.2000things.com/2011/04/17/279-adding-a-border-around-an-image-control/
I solved it this way.
<Viewbox>
<Border BorderThickness="3" BorderBrush="Red">
<Image Stretch="None" ></Image>
</Border>
</Viewbox>
I just stumbled upon this post and the other answer did not work right. Maybe because I now use framework 4 and this post is old?
In any case - if someone will see this by chance in the future - here is my answer:
<Border Name="brdSiteLogo"
BorderThickness="2"
BorderBrush="#FF000000"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="12,112,0,0"
Height="128"
Width="128">
<Image Name="imgSiteLogo"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Stretch="Fill"/>
</Border>
The border thickness and brush are important (if you wont choose a color - you will not see the border!!!)
Also, the border should be aligned on your window. The image is "inside" the border, so you can use margins or just stretch it like I did.
Please pardon my ignorance- I'm very new to WPF.
I am looking to implement a minor, visual effect in my application that gives the look of "inner" rounded corners. The window in question has a dark border that encapsulates several UIElements, one of which is a StatusBar, located at the bottom of the window. This StatusBar has a dark background that matches the window's border. Above the StatusBar is a content view, which is currently a Grid- its background is semi-transparent (I think that this is something of a constraint- you can see through the content view to the desktop below). I would like for the content view (represented by the transparent, inner area in the figure below) to have the look of rounded corners, though I expect to have to sort of create the illusion myself.
(Can't post the image because I'm a lurker and not a poster- please find the drawing here)
My first approach was to add a Rectangle (filled with the same, dark color as the border) immediately above the StatusBar and to assign a Border with rounded corners to its OpacityMask (similar to the solution proposed by Chris Cavanagh**). Sadly, the effect that is produced is the exact opposite of that which I am trying to achieve.
I understand that the Clip property can be of use in this sort of situation, but it seems to me that using any sort of Geometry will prove to be inadequate as it won't be dynamically sized to the region in which it resides.
EDIT: Including my XAML:
<Grid Background="{StaticResource ClientBg}" Tag="{Binding OverlayVisible}" Style="{StaticResource mainGridStyle}">
<DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
<!-- Translates to a StackPanel with a Menu and a Button -->
<local:FileMenuView DockPanel.Dock="Top" />
<!-- Translates to a StatusBar -->
<local:StatusView DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" />
<!-- Translates to a Grid -->
<local:ContentView />
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
Any pointers are more than welcome- I'm ready to provide more indepth detail if necessary.
** http://www.dotnetkicks.com/wpf/WPF_easy_rounded_corners_for_anything
EDIT: Now I got what you mean. In fact you can use Path + OpacityMask approach. You have to draw "inverted" path, to use it as opacity mask. But I have simpler and faster solution for you :). Use Border + CornerRadius, and fill the gaps with solid paths. Just try the following code in Kaxaml and let me know if this is what you were looking for:
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Width="240"
Height="320"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Background="Transparent"
WindowStyle="None">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="24"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="24"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border Background="Black"/>
<Border Grid.Row="1" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="5">
<Grid>
<Border Background="White" CornerRadius="0, 0, 5, 5" Opacity="0.7"/>
<Path
Width="15"
Height="15"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Data="M10,10 L5,10 L5,5 C4.999,8.343 6.656,10 10,10 z"
Fill="Black"
Stretch="Fill"/>
<Path
Width="15"
Height="15"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Data="M10,10 L5,10 L5,5 C4.999,8.343 6.656,10 10,10 z"
Fill="Black"
Stretch="Fill">
<Path.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform ScaleX="-1"/>
<TranslateTransform X="15"/>
</TransformGroup>
</Path.RenderTransform>
</Path>
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Row="2" Background="Black"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
PS: You can simplify this solution by avoiding render transforms, but you got the idea.