How do I make Hyperlinks in RichTextBlock not be completely unaligned?

Question

I want to be able to show a hyperlink in a RichTextBlock element, but I also want it to look right. The closest I've been able to get to is this:

The XAML for this is pasted below - essentially, I use `InlineUIElement` and I edited the resource to remove all the crud around the button. Am I missing something? Is the only real way to solve this is to roll my own hyperlink?

Here's the XAML for the rich text block:

 <RichTextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" FontSize="14">
  <Paragraph>I just want this
   <InlineUIContainer>
    <HyperlinkButton Style="{StaticResource HyperlinkButtonStyle1}">Hyperlink</HyperlinkButton>
   </InlineUIContainer>
   to not look like crap
  </Paragraph>
 </RichTextBlock>

And here's the XAML for the nuked resource:

 <Style x:Key="HyperlinkButtonStyle1" TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
  <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
  <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkButtonBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
  <!--<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkButtonBorderThemeBrush}"/>-->
  <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
  <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
  <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
  <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Bottom"/>
  <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Global User Interface"/>
  <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14"/>
  <Setter Property="Template">
   <Setter.Value>
    <ControlTemplate TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
     <Grid>
      <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
       <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
        <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
        <VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
         <Storyboard>
          <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentPresenter">
           <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkPointerOverForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
          </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
         </Storyboard>
        </VisualState>
        <VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
         <Storyboard>
          <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentPresenter">
           <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkPressedForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
          </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
         </Storyboard>
        </VisualState>
        <VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
         <Storyboard>
          <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentPresenter">
           <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkDisabledThemeBrush}"/>
          </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
         </Storyboard>
        </VisualState>
       </VisualStateGroup>
       <VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
        <VisualState x:Name="Focused">
         <Storyboard>
          <DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualWhite"/>
          <DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualBlack"/>
         </Storyboard>
        </VisualState>
        <VisualState x:Name="Unfocused"/>
        <VisualState x:Name="PointerFocused"/>
       </VisualStateGroup>
      </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
      <Border x:Name="Border" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
       <ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" ContentTransitions="{TemplateBinding ContentTransitions}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
      </Border>
      <Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualWhite" IsHitTestVisible="False" Opacity="0" StrokeDashOffset="1.5" StrokeEndLineCap="Square" Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualWhiteStrokeThemeBrush}" StrokeDashArray="1,1"/>
      <Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualBlack" IsHitTestVisible="False" Opacity="0" StrokeDashOffset="0.5" StrokeEndLineCap="Square" Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualBlackStrokeThemeBrush}" StrokeDashArray="1,1"/>
     </Grid>
    </ControlTemplate>
   </Setter.Value>
  </Setter>
 </Style>

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Answer 1

You can adjust the Margins on the Border element in your template to drop it down inline with the text.

--Rob

Answer 2

That has no noticeable effect on the UI. It stays as unaligned.

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Answer 3

I had exactly the same problem as you, but I've finally managed to solve it. You need to set all Padding and BorderThickness in HyperlinkButton's template to 0 AND set HyperlinkButton's bottom margin to -4 or something like that, depending on the Font size you are using.

Here's template that I'm using and it works for me

<Style x:Key="NoMarginHyperlinkButtonStyle" TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkButtonBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkButtonBorderThemeBrush}"/>
                <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0"/>
                <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
                <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,0,-4"/>
                <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
                <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
                <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource ContentControlThemeFontFamily}"/>
                <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="SemiBold"/>
                <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{StaticResource ControlContentThemeFontSize}"/>
                <Setter Property="Template">
                    <Setter.Value>
                        <ControlTemplate TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
                            <Grid>
                                <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                                    <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                                        <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
                                        <VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
                                            <Storyboard>
                                                <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentPresenter">
                                                    <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkPointerOverForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                                </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                            </Storyboard>
                                        </VisualState>
                                        <VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
                                            <Storyboard>
                                                <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentPresenter">
                                                    <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkPressedForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
                                                </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                            </Storyboard>
                                        </VisualState>
                                        <VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
                                            <Storyboard>
                                                <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentPresenter">
                                                    <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource HyperlinkDisabledThemeBrush}"/>
                                                </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                            </Storyboard>
                                        </VisualState>
                                    </VisualStateGroup>
                                    <VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
                                        <VisualState x:Name="Focused">
                                            <Storyboard>
                                                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualWhite"/>
                                                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualBlack"/>
                                            </Storyboard>
                                        </VisualState>
                                        <VisualState x:Name="Unfocused"/>
                                        <VisualState x:Name="PointerFocused"/>
                                    </VisualStateGroup>
                                </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                                <Border x:Name="Border" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
                                    <ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" ContentTransitions="{TemplateBinding ContentTransitions}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
                                </Border>
                                <Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualWhite" IsHitTestVisible="False" Opacity="0" StrokeDashOffset="1.5" StrokeEndLineCap="Square" Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualWhiteStrokeThemeBrush}" StrokeDashArray="1,1"/>
                                <Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualBlack" IsHitTestVisible="False" Opacity="0" StrokeDashOffset="0.5" StrokeEndLineCap="Square" Stroke="{StaticResource FocusVisualBlackStrokeThemeBrush}" StrokeDashArray="1,1"/>
                            </Grid>
                        </ControlTemplate>
                    </Setter.Value>
                </Setter>
            </Style>