Re: Styling multi content buttons in WPF

you could bind the controls that you want to change to the buttons
foreground property using a relative source
I have included an example below, watch out for wrapping.
There are 2 methods in the example.  Setting the property binding
using the style does not work for the disabled foreground color, but
setting the binding on the control itself does,

HTH
James

<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" >
        <StackPanel>
        <StackPanel.Resources>
            <Style x:Key="InheritFromButton" TargetType="{x:Type
ContentControl}"> <!--Does not work for disabled-->
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{Binding
RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type
ContentControl}}, Path=Foreground}"/>
            </Style>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}" >
                <Style.Triggers>
                    <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
                    </Trigger>
                    <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="true">
                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Yellow" />
                    </Trigger>
                    <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true" >
                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Green" />
                    </Trigger>
                </Style.Triggers>
            </Style>
        </StackPanel.Resources>
        <CheckBox x:Name="ToggleEnabled">Button Enabled</CheckBox>
        <Button Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" IsEnabled="{Binding
ElementName=ToggleEnabled, Path=IsChecked}">
            <Button.Content>
                <Grid>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Label Foreground="{Binding
RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type
ContentControl}}, Path=Foreground}">Method 1</Label>
                        <Label Content="Method 2"
Style="{StaticResource InheritFromButton}" />
                    </StackPanel>
                </Grid>
            </Button.Content>
        </Button>
    </StackPanel>
</Page>

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Benny Skjold Tordrup
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I have a style for at WPF button that changes the foreground color of the
> button content when the button is disabled or pressed. This works fine if I
> only add a text to the contents or use a single control as content.
>
> If I then use a Grid as content in the button in order to make a more
> sophisticated content, the above tricks do not work. I assume that it is
> because WPF tries to set the foreground property directly on a single
> control content - which I do not have in this case.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
>
> Benny Tordrup