change foreground color of every textblock element inside a grid

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:31:45 Z

Hello,

I am starting to learn WPF and I've come across an issue I cant seem to be able to get around.

I have a grid with some textBlocks in it. I want to change the color of the text in all of these depending on the value on a slider.

In the <grid> tag I can set the property TextBlock.Foreground="#..." and it sets the color for all its children that are TextBlocks.

How can I set the TextBlock.Foreground property in a Grid element during runtime?

many thanks.

andraf.

change foreground color of every textblock element inside a grid

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:34:15 Z

Hi,
You can use DataTrigger .Based on the value in the cell you can assign different colors(or someother property).

Here is an example.
If you enter 5 in the textbox it will show in red

<TextBox  Height="23" Margin="120,33,38,0" Name="TextBox1" VerticalAlignment="Top" >
            <TextBox.Style>
                <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
                    <Style.Triggers>
                        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},Path=Text}" Value="5">
                            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red"/>
                        </DataTrigger>
                    </Style.Triggers>  
                </Style>
            </TextBox.Style>
        </TextBox>

You could also use a Converter on your foreground property and assign the color based on your requirement
See this link for as sample in using converters(it might not be directly addressing your problem though)

Hope it helps

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change foreground color of every textblock element inside a grid

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:35:18 Z

Hi andradf,

Rahul has given useful suggestions and code. Here I wrote the code directly addressing your problems. The R property of the Color will change according to the value of the slider control. They are connected using databinding.

XAML code:

<Window x:Class="ChangeTextBlockForegroundProperty.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ChangeTextBlockForegroundProperty"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
    <Window.Resources>
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid Name="grid1">
        <Grid.Resources>
            <Style TargetType="TextBlock">
                <Style.Setters>
                    <Setter Property="Foreground">
                        <Setter.Value>
                            <Binding ElementName="slider1" Path="Value">
                                <Binding.Converter>
                                    <local:MyConverter></local:MyConverter>
                                </Binding.Converter>
                            </Binding>
                        </Setter.Value>    
                    </Setter>
                </Style.Setters>
            </Style>
        </Grid.Resources>
        <StackPanel>
        <TextBlock>dddd</TextBlock>
            <TextBlock>abc</TextBlock>
            <TextBlock>ddd</TextBlock>
            <TextBlock>eee</TextBlock>
            <Slider Name="slider1" Maximum="255" Minimum="0"></Slider>
            </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window>

C# code:

Implement the converter:

    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            
        }
    }
    public class MyConverter : IValueConverter 
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            byte a = 0;
            Color c = Color.FromArgb(0,0,0,0) ;
             SolidColorBrush brush =null;
             if (value != null)
             {
                 double tmp = double.Parse(value.ToString());
                 a = (byte)tmp;
                 // Red color will change according to the value of the Slider
                 c = Color.FromArgb(255, a, 0, 0);
                 brush = new SolidColorBrush(c);
             }
             else
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException("value can not be null");
             }
            return brush;
        }
        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            //no need to implement here.
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }

After you change the value of the slider bar, you will see the Foreground color of the TextBlock changes.

Best regards,
Bruce Zhou

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