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What is going on here, and how to do a workaround?

  1. Press MyToggleButton. Now it looks like instantly pressed (checked).
  2. At the same time MyToggleButton_Checked handler disables the MyToggleButton.
  3. Now press non-toggle Button 'Enable'. What we see? The MyToggleButton looks like it is enabled. OK. But wait, now it looks like non-pressed! Why?!

XAML:

<StackPanel>

    <ToggleButton x:Name="MyToggleButton" Content="MyToggleButton" Checked="MyToggleButton_Checked"/>

    <TextBlock Text="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName=MyToggleButton}" Margin="0,4"/>

    <Button Name="EnableButton" Content="Enable" Click="EnableButton_Click"/>
    <Button Name="DisableButton" Content="Disable" Click="DisableButton_Click"/>

</StackPanel>

Code-behind:

void MyToggleButton_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    MyToggleButton.IsEnabled = false;
}


void EnableButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    MyToggleButton.IsEnabled = true;
}

void DisableButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    MyToggleButton.IsEnabled = false;
}

UPD:

The only possible workaround on the moment is:

void EnableButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    MyToggleButton.IsEnabled = true;

    var controlTemplate = MyToggleButton.Template;

    var buttonChrome = (Microsoft.Windows.Themes.ButtonChrome)controlTemplate.FindName("Chrome", MyToggleButton);

    buttonChrome.RenderPressed = false;

    buttonChrome.RenderPressed = true;
}

Are there any others?

UPD2:

Another workaround is:

void EnableButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    MyToggleButton.IsEnabled = true;

    var controlTemplate = MyToggleButton.Template;
    MyToggleButton.Template = null;
    MyToggleButton.Template = controlTemplate;
}

But the control is flickering at the moment of template substitution.

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  • It looks like the effect appear not on all machines. My computer is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit .NET 4. The effect still here. – frtnum Apr 04 '12 at 15:59
  • The effect depends on the active theme. At least on my machine. Classic theme works as it should. Simple theme and Aero-themes work inappropriate. Here is the video I recorded, upload size of whole was 3.1 Mb: http://screencast.com/t/KLCIwo9whs – frtnum Apr 04 '12 at 16:47

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That's my solution for the problem, here is the video, the usage:

<StackPanel>
    <ToggleButton x:Name="MyToggleButton" Content="MyToggleButton" Checked="MyToggleButton_Checked"
                    l:CorrectToggleButtonCheckedEnableBehavior.IsActive="True"/>
    <Button Name="EnableButton" Content="Enable" Click="EnableButton_Click"/>
</StackPanel>

and the attached behavior source code:

public static class CorrectToggleButtonCheckedEnableBehavior
{
    public static bool GetIsActive(ToggleButton toggleButton)
    {
        return (bool)toggleButton.GetValue(IsActiveProperty);
    }

    public static void SetIsActive(ToggleButton toggleButton, bool value)
    {
        toggleButton.SetValue(IsActiveProperty, value);
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty IsActiveProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("IsActive", typeof(bool), typeof(CorrectToggleButtonCheckedEnableBehavior),
        new UIPropertyMetadata(false, OnIsActiveChanged));

    static void OnIsActiveChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var toggleButton = (ToggleButton)d;

        if (GetIsActive(toggleButton))
        {
            toggleButton.IsEnabledChanged += new DependencyPropertyChangedEventHandler(ToggleButton_IsEnabledChanged);
        }
        else
        {
            toggleButton.IsEnabledChanged -= new DependencyPropertyChangedEventHandler(ToggleButton_IsEnabledChanged);
        }
    }

    static void ToggleButton_IsEnabledChanged(object sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var toggleButton = (ToggleButton)sender;

        if (toggleButton.IsEnabled && (toggleButton.IsChecked ?? false))
        {
            Invalidate(toggleButton);
        }
    }

    static void Invalidate(ToggleButton toggleButton)
    {
        var controlTemplate = toggleButton.Template;
        toggleButton.Template = null;
        toggleButton.Template = controlTemplate;
    }
}
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  • This is exactly what I and my co-workers have LONG and EAGERLY been looking for! I express my utmost thanks to you. – user4134476 Feb 08 '16 at 02:28