Whenever I set the Border.Effect property to a drop shadow effect every control contained within the control has a drop shadow.
Is there a way to set the shadow just to the border and not every control contained in the border?
Here is a short example of my code:
<Grid>
<Border Margin="68,67,60,67" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="10">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect/>
</Border.Effect>
<Rectangle Fill="White" Stroke="Black" Margin="37,89,118,98" />
</Border>
</Grid>
Two choices:
Option 1: Add a border element with the effect on it as a sibling of the border / rectangle element tree you have. Something like this:
<Grid>
<Border Margin="68,67,60,67"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="10">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect />
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
<Border Margin="68,67,60,67"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="10">
<Rectangle Fill="White"
Stroke="Black"
Margin="37,89,118,98">
</Rectangle>
</Border>
</Grid>
Option 2: Put the rectangle as a sibling of the border element like this:
<Grid>
<Border Margin="68,67,60,67"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="10">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect />
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
<Rectangle Fill="White"
Stroke="Black"
Margin="37,89,118,98">
</Rectangle>
</Grid>
NOTE: You will have to tweak the layout on the second solution to make the rectangle line up where you want it
I realise that your question has an answer, but it doesn't appear to have the simplest answer. The simplest answer to your question is for you to just colour the background of the control that you set the shadow on. Like so:
<Grid>
<Border Margin="68,67,60,67" Background="White" BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="10">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect/>
</Border.Effect>
<Rectangle Fill="White" Stroke="Black" Margin="37,89,118,98" />
</Border>
</Grid>
And the result:
I tried going for a similar design to this toolbar in white:
This is what I used:
<Border CornerRadius="8" Background="White" Grid.Row="1">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="3" Opacity="0.2"/>
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
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In WPF, i wish to create rounded corner for my movie, but the movie actually will overlap the border and i get a normal rectangle box that load my movie. Any idea how to solve this issue?
<Border BorderBrush="#FF000000" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1" CornerRadius="20,20,20,20">
<Grid>
<MediaElement x:Name="movieLoader" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="128" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="236" Source="../video/empty.mp4"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
Try this:
<Border x:Name="border" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FF000000" CornerRadius="20" Padding="1"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Grid>
<Border Name="mask" Background="White" CornerRadius="{Binding ElementName=border, Path=CornerRadius}"/>
<Grid>
<Grid.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=mask}"/>
</Grid.OpacityMask>
<MediaElement x:Name="movieLoader" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="128"
VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="236" Source="../video/empty.mp4"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Border>
Set ClipToBounds to True.
<Border ClipToBounds="True" BorderBrush="#FF000000" BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="20">
<Grid>
<MediaElement x:Name="movieLoader" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="128" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="236"
Source="../video/empty.mp4"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
I want to have different color to each side of a border in WPF XAML. How can i do this.
<Border BorderThickness="1,2,3,4" BorderBrush="Blue"></Border>
A bit hacky, but it works.
<Grid>
<Border BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="Blue"/>
<Border BorderThickness="0,2,0,0" BorderBrush="Red"/>
<Border BorderThickness="0,0,3,0" BorderBrush="Green"/>
<Border BorderThickness="0,0,0,4" BorderBrush="Orange"/>
</Grid>
Probably better to create your own Decorator.
Maybe?
<DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
<Rectangle Fill="Red" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Height="2"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Yellow" DockPanel.Dock="Left" Width="2"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Green" DockPanel.Dock="Right" Width="2"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Height="2"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Wheat"/>
</DockPanel>
There is a hacky way that using four Border https://stackoverflow.com/a/1797045/5229294
<Border BorderThickness="0,0,0,10" BorderBrush="Green">
<Border BorderThickness="0,0,10,0" BorderBrush="Blue">
<Grid>
<Button>Hello</Button>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Border>
I am wanting to change the foreground colour of a Silverlight ToggleSwitch, although when i open the object in ExpressionBlend i have no object items to edit.
How is this done? (without rebuilding OR using reflector)?
I am not quite sure what you are doing wrong in Blend, however, you can see the template for the ToggleSwitch if you look at the sourcecode for ToggleSwitch here:
http://silverlight.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/61620#1325059
Ignoring the storyboards / VisualStateManager, the control has the following markup:
<Grid x:Name="SwitchRoot" Background="Transparent" Height="95" Width="136">
<Grid x:Name="SwitchTrack" Width="88">
<Grid x:Name="SwitchBottom" Background="{TemplateBinding SwitchForeground}" Height="32">
<Rectangle
x:Name="SwitchBackground"
Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Width="76"
Height="20"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="BackgroundTranslation"/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
<Border BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}" BorderThickness="2">
<Border BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneBackgroundBrush}" BorderThickness="4"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<Border
x:Name="SwitchThumb"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneBackgroundBrush}"
BorderThickness="4,0"
Margin="-4,0"
Width="28"
Height="36"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Border.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="ThumbTranslation"/>
</Border.RenderTransform>
<Border
x:Name="ThumbCenter"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
BorderThickness="2"
Background="White"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Grid>
I would suggest using a different colour where the resource PhoneForegroundBrush is used.
I think you will need to define a new Template for the control and then change your style as you see fit.
You can do this by right clicking on your control and select Edit Template and then create your Edit a Copy. This will create a new Style for you that you can change.
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Background="Black">
<!-- Rounded yellow border -->
<Border BorderThickness="3" BorderBrush="Yellow" CornerRadius="10" Padding="2"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Grid>
<!-- Rounded mask (stretches to fill Grid) -->
<Border Name="mask" Background="White" CornerRadius="7"/>
<!-- Main content container -->
<StackPanel>
<!-- Use a VisualBrush of 'mask' as the opacity mask -->
<StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=mask}"/>
</StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<!-- Any content -->
<Image Source="http://chriscavanagh.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/chriss-blog-banner.jpg"/>
<Rectangle Height="50" Fill="Red"/>
<Rectangle Height="50" Fill="White"/>
<Rectangle Height="50" Fill="Blue"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Page>
This XAML is from WPF – Easy rounded corners for anything but it doesn't work form me =(
<Border Canvas.Left="55"
Canvas.Top="30"
Width="100"
Height="Auto"
Margin="12,12,8,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
BorderBrush="#FF3B5998"
BorderThickness=".5"
CornerRadius="18">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="5"
Opacity=".5"
ShadowDepth="3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Border Name="ReceiverColor"
BorderBrush="#FF96B2E4"
BorderThickness="6"
CornerRadius="15">
<Border Name="Mask"
BorderBrush="#FF3B5998"
BorderThickness=".5"
CornerRadius="13">
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=Mask}" />
</StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<Image Name="Receiver" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</Border>
</Border>
--- EDIT ---
I make borders sizes to auto and change source of image to an image from a link
when window loaded border size becomes as image size but image not shown !!!
You can define a <Border/> element and set its <Border.Background/>
property to an <ImageBrush/> , set the Borders CornerRadius property and you
are all set!
<Border CornerRadius="8,0,8,0">
<Border.Background>
<ImageBrush Stretch="Fill" ImageSource="ImageSource"/>
</Border.Background>
</Border>
You forgot the Grid that makes the mask and the image siblings and nested the image in the mask. and you forgot to set the background of the mask.
This works:
<Grid>
<Border Canvas.Left="55"
Canvas.Top="30"
Width="100"
Height="Auto"
Margin="12,12,8,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
BorderBrush="#FF3B5998"
BorderThickness=".5"
CornerRadius="18">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="5"
Opacity=".5"
ShadowDepth="3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Border Name="ReceiverColor"
BorderBrush="#FF96B2E4"
BorderThickness="6"
CornerRadius="15">
<Grid>
<Border Name="Mask"
Background="White"
BorderBrush="#FF3B5998"
BorderThickness=".5"
CornerRadius="13">
</Border>
<StackPanel>
<Image Name="Receiver"
Source="/Images/test.jpg" />
<StackPanel.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=Mask}" />
</StackPanel.OpacityMask>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Border>
</Grid>
in wpf this one works for me
<Ellipse Width="50" Height="50">
<Ellipse.Fill>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="http://chriscavanagh.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/chriss-blog-banner.jpg" />
</Ellipse.Fill>
</Ellipse>
None of the above answers worked for me completely. I was trying to implement rounded corners on image which could be resized and has properties Stretch="UniformToFill" VerticalAlignment="Center" and HorizontalAlignment="Center".
The center alignments keeps the middle part cropped as opposed to bottom and right side being cropped, when image is resized. Solutions with image brush were working but I was facing problem in keeping the content at center cropped.
The marked answer has a problem with transparent non rectangular images as the "mask" border will end up showing as white background. Following was the imlementation which worked for me:
<Grid>
<WrapPanel Name ="container">
<Image Source="sample_image.png" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
<WrapPanel.OpacityMask>
<VisualBrush >
<VisualBrush.Visual>
<Border Height="{Binding ElementName=container, Path=ActualHeight}"
Width="{Binding ElementName=container, Path=ActualWidth}"
Background="White" CornerRadius="15" />
</VisualBrush.Visual>
</VisualBrush>
</WrapPanel.OpacityMask>
</WrapPanel>
</Grid>
You can use an ellipse like how Usman Ali has said (I thought this myself and I didn't take it from him)
It's very simple, make an ellipse with the properties you want, then set the fill to an imagebrush with your desired image like this in XAML:
<Ellipse Height="Auto" Width="100">
<Ellipse.Fill>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="YOUR IMAGE SOURCE/LINK HERE"/>
</Ellipse.Fill>
</Ellipse>
In C#, if in any case you want to do in C#:
Ellipse YourEllipseName = new Ellipse
{
Height = 50,
Width = 50,
StrokeThickness = 0,
Fill = new ImageBrush
{
Stretch = Stretch.Uniform,
ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri("YOUR IMAGE SOURCE HERE"))
}
};
<Grid Background="Black">
<Rectangle RadiusX="20" RadiusY="20"
Width="130"
Height="130">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<ImageBrush x:Name="myImage" ImageSource="C:\Path\Desktop\visual-studio-2010-logo.png"/>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
</Grid>
I'm using a Separator to draw a vertical line inside a Border. At first this was ok because the line needed to be centered, but now I need to position it at a custom x-position from the left border. Is there a way to do that?
<Border x:Name="border" ClipToBounds="True" Background="White" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Separator BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Separator.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="90" />
</Separator.LayoutTransform>
</Separator>
</Border>
I'm not sure of the proper way, if availble, but if you are not resizing the border, you could use a margin like this:
<Border x:Name="border" ClipToBounds="True" Background="White" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Separator BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2" Height="2" Margin="0,0,100,0">
<Separator.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="90" />
</Separator.LayoutTransform>
</Separator>
</Border>
The simplest change you can make is just to set the HorizontalAlignment and then use Margins to offset the Separator (the default is 0,2,0,2):
<Border x:Name="border" ClipToBounds="True" Background="White" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Separator BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="20,2,0,2" >
<Separator.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="90" />
</Separator.LayoutTransform>
</Separator>
</Border>
There are lots of other ways you could achieve the same visual effect if you have other requirements.