Gradient background button : Button Style « Windows Presentation Foundation « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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3. Button Style

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Nasty Button" Height="150" Width="550">
    <Grid Background="Black">
        <Button Margin="20" >
            <Button.Style>
                <Style TargetType="Button">
                    <Setter Property="Foreground">
                        <Setter.Value>
                            <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.5,0" EndPoint="0.5,1">
                                <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
                                    <GradientStop Offset="0.0" Color="Purple" />
                                    <GradientStop Offset="0.5" Color="Blue" />
                                    <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="Purple" />
                                </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
                            </LinearGradientBrush>
                        </Setter.Value>
                    </Setter>
                    <Setter Property="Template">
                        <Setter.Value>
                            <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
                                <Grid>
                                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                        <ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
                                        <ColumnDefinition />
                                        <ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
                                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                        <RowDefinition MinHeight="50" />
                                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                     
                                    <Grid Grid.Column="1">
                                        <Rectangle RadiusX="10" RadiusY="10">
                                            <Rectangle.Fill>
                                                <RadialGradientBrush>
                                                    <RadialGradientBrush.GradientStops>
                                                        <GradientStop Offset="0.0" Color="Black" />
                                                        <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="Red" />
                                                    </RadialGradientBrush.GradientStops>
                                                </RadialGradientBrush>
                                            </Rectangle.Fill>
                                        </Rectangle>
                                        <ContentPresenter Margin="20,0,20,0" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                                    </Grid>
                    
                                </Grid>
                            </ControlTemplate>
                        </Setter.Value>
                    </Setter>
                </Style>
            </Button.Style>
        </Button>
    </Grid>
</Window>

24.2.Button Style
	24.2.1.	Button with Image source
	24.2.2.	Set Button HorizontalAlignment='Center'
	24.2.3.	Button with OpacityMask
	24.2.4.	Gradient background button
	24.2.5.	Simple Custom Button with ControlTemplate
	24.2.6.	Custom Shaped Button
	24.2.7.	A simple template for a round button
	24.2.8.	Load style defined in Xaml and apply to the Button
	24.2.9.	Create the TextBlock and set as button content and format TextBlock
	24.2.10.	Add image to Button
	24.2.11.	Is Default Button
	24.2.12.	Add Untransformed button to Canvas