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  • Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:37 PM
     
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    Hi!

    I was try to create a custom toggle button to put in the appbar, but i have some strange issue.

    The toggle works fine most of the times, but sometimes the button just doesnt change the icon, and if it occours, and you persist clicking it, the icon hide and apear without change the backgrounditem

    here my code

        
    <Style x:Key="ToggleAppBarButtonStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
        <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
        <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Segoe UI Symbol"/>
        <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Normal"/>
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="21.333"/>
        <Setter Property="AutomationProperties.ItemType" Value="AppBar ToggleButton"/>
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
                    <Grid Width="100" Background="Transparent">
                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0,14,0,13">
                            <Grid Width="40" Height="40" Margin="0,0,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
                                <TextBlock x:Name="BackgroundGlyph" Text="&#xE0A8;" FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol" FontSize="53.333" Margin="-4,-19,0,0" Foreground="{StaticResource AppBarItemBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                <TextBlock x:Name="BackgroundCheckedGlyph" Visibility="Collapsed" Text="&#xE0A8;" FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol" FontSize="53.333" Margin="-4,-19,0,0" Foreground="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                <TextBlock x:Name="OutlineGlyph" Text="&#xE0A7;" FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol" FontSize="53.333" Margin="-4,-19,0,0"/>
                                <ContentPresenter x:Name="Content" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="-1,-1,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                            </Grid>
                            <TextBlock
                                x:Name="TextLabel"
                                Text="{TemplateBinding AutomationProperties.Name}"
                                Margin="0,0,2,0"
                                FontSize="12"
                                TextAlignment="Center"
                                Width="88"
                                MaxHeight="32"
                                TextTrimming="WordEllipsis"
                                Style="{StaticResource BasicTextStyle}"/>
                        </StackPanel>
                        <Rectangle
                                x:Name="FocusVisualWhite"
                                IsHitTestVisible="False"
                                Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualWhiteStrokeThemeBrush}"
                                StrokeEndLineCap="Square"
                                StrokeDashArray="1,1"
                                Opacity="0"
                                StrokeDashOffset="1.5"/>
                        <Rectangle
                                x:Name="FocusVisualBlack"
                                IsHitTestVisible="False"
                                Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualBlackStrokeThemeBrush}"
                                StrokeEndLineCap="Square"
                                StrokeDashArray="1,1"
                                Opacity="0"
                                StrokeDashOffset="0.5"/>

                        <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                                <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPointerOverBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <DoubleAnimation
                                            Storyboard.TargetName="OutlineGlyph"
                                            Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                            To="0"
                                            Duration="0"/>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPressedForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OutlineGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemDisabledForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemDisabledForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemDisabledForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                            </VisualStateGroup>
                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
                                <VisualState x:Name="Focused">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <DoubleAnimation
                                                Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualWhite"
                                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                                To="1"
                                                Duration="0"/>
                                        <DoubleAnimation
                                                Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualBlack"
                                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                                To="1"
                                                Duration="0"/>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Unfocused" />
                                <VisualState x:Name="PointerFocused" />
                            </VisualStateGroup>
                            
                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CheckStates">
                                <VisualState x:Name="Checked">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <DoubleAnimation
                                            Storyboard.TargetName="OutlineGlyph"
                                            Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                            To="0"
                                            Duration="0"/>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundCheckedGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPressedForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Unchecked">
                                   
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Indeterminate"/>
                            </VisualStateGroup>
                           
                            
                        </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>

    thanks in advance for any help :)

    thanks

     

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  • Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:54 PM
     
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    Have you taken a look at the sample implementation here http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2012/03/19/creating-a-metro-style-toggle-button-for-appbar.aspx

    Dev@Mic

     
  • Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:44 PM
     
     
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    Yep.

    I take the idea from there. But it was on Consumer Preview, i just converted it to Release Candidate.

    I have no idea if works on CP.

    thanks

     
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:32 AM
     
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    Hi keenlanas,

        Have you already fix this issue ? I have same problem too on RTM now.

    On Release Candidate, Toggle button can work normally if I remove follows snippet code from "ToggleAppBarButtonStyle".

    <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundCheckedGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

    But this issue appear again on win8 RTM, it's very strange.

    Do you have any idea for this ?

    Thanks

     
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:13 AM
     
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    Hi all,

    I think I found the solution now, please use the follows toggle button style, it can work normally.

    <Style x:Key="ToggleAppBarButtonStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
        <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
        <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Segoe UI Symbol"/>
        <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Normal"/>
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="20"/>
        <Setter Property="AutomationProperties.ItemType" Value="App Bar ToggleButton"/>
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
                    <Grid x:Name="RootGrid" Width="100" Background="Transparent">
                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0,12,0,11">
                            <Grid Width="40" Height="40" Margin="0,0,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
                                <TextBlock x:Name="BackgroundGlyph" Text="&#xE0A8;" FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol" FontSize="53.333" Margin="-4,-19,0,0" Foreground="{StaticResource AppBarItemBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                <TextBlock x:Name="OutlineGlyph" Text="&#xE0A7;" FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol" FontSize="53.333" Margin="-4,-19,0,0"/>
                                <ContentPresenter x:Name="Content" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="-1,-1,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                            </Grid>
                            <TextBlock
                                x:Name="TextLabel"
                                Text="{TemplateBinding AutomationProperties.Name}"
                                Foreground="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"
                                Margin="0,0,2,0"
                                FontSize="12"
                                TextAlignment="Center"
                                Width="88"
                                MaxHeight="32"
                                TextTrimming="WordEllipsis"
                                Style="{StaticResource BasicTextStyle}"/>
                        </StackPanel>
                        <Rectangle
                                x:Name="FocusVisualWhite"
                                IsHitTestVisible="False"
                                Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualWhiteStrokeThemeBrush}"
                                StrokeEndLineCap="Square"
                                StrokeDashArray="1,1"
                                Opacity="0"
                                StrokeDashOffset="1.5"/>
                        <Rectangle
                                x:Name="FocusVisualBlack"
                                IsHitTestVisible="False"
                                Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualBlackStrokeThemeBrush}"
                                StrokeEndLineCap="Square"
                                StrokeDashArray="1,1"
                                Opacity="0"
                                StrokeDashOffset="0.5"/>

                        <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                                    <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
                                    <VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPointerOverBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPointerOverForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Pressed"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Disabled"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Checked">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OutlineGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPressedForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="CheckedPointerOver">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OutlineGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGlyph" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource AppBarItemPressedForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="CheckedPressed"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="CheckedDisabled"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Indeterminate"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="IndeterminatePointerOver"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="IndeterminatePressed"/>
                                <VisualState x:Name="IndeterminateDisabled"/>
                            </VisualStateGroup>
                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
                                <VisualState x:Name="Focused">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <DoubleAnimation
                                                Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualWhite"
                                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                                To="1"
                                                Duration="0"/>
                                        <DoubleAnimation
                                                Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualBlack"
                                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                                To="1"
                                                Duration="0"/>
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </VisualState>
                                <VisualState x:Name="Unfocused" />
                                <VisualState x:Name="PointerFocused" />
                            </VisualStateGroup>
                        </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
    thanks.
     

    • Edited by JasonJC Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:25 AM
    • Edited by JasonJC Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:28 AM
    • Proposed As Answer by toolong Monday, August 27, 2012 1:05 AM
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  • Monday, August 27, 2012 1:06 AM
     
     
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    nice
     
  • Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:07 AM
     
     
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    Thanks, this is a great solution - there is clearly a problem in RTM with the default StandardStyles.xaml and ToggleButtons

    Carl Partridge