In my WPF app I'm trying to create a Custom Chrome Window [Ref: WindowChrome]. I followed Restyle Your Window article. I created Resource Dictionary file along with its code-behind in my project, as shown below. I then referenced the resource dictionary in the app.xaml file (also shown below). As you can see, the x:key value of the Style tag in resource dictionary file is CustomWindowStyle. Question: How do I assign the Window the Style CustomWindowStyle?
MyResourceDictionaryWindowStyle.xaml:
<ResourceDictionary x:Class="MyWPFProject.WindowStyle"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MyWPFProject">
<Style x:Key="CustomWindowStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Setter Property="WindowChrome.WindowChrome">
<Setter.Value>
<WindowChrome CaptionHeight="30"
CornerRadius="4"
GlassFrameThickness="0"
NonClientFrameEdges="None"
ResizeBorderThickness="5"
UseAeroCaptionButtons="False" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Gray" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Grid>
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="5,30,5,5">
<AdornerDecorator>
<ContentPresenter />
</AdornerDecorator>
</Border>
<DockPanel Height="30"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
LastChildFill="False">
<TextBlock Margin="5,0,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
DockPanel.Dock="Left"
FontSize="16"
Foreground="White"
Text="{TemplateBinding Title}" />
<Button x:Name="btnClose"
Width="15"
Margin="5"
Click="CloseClick"
Content="X"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True" />
<Button x:Name="btnRestore"
Width="15"
Margin="5"
Click="MaximizeRestoreClick"
Content="#"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True" />
<Button x:Name="btnMinimize"
Width="15"
Margin="5"
VerticalContentAlignment="Bottom"
Click="MinimizeClick"
Content="_"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True" />
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
MyResourceDictionaryWindowStyle.xaml.cs:
using System;
.......
using System.Windows;
namespace MyWPFProject
{
public partial class WindowStyle : ResourceDictionary
{
public WindowStyle()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void CloseClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var window = (Window)((FrameworkElement)sender).TemplatedParent;
window.Close();
}
private void MaximizeRestoreClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var window = (Window)((FrameworkElement)sender).TemplatedParent;
if (window.WindowState == System.Windows.WindowState.Normal)
{
window.WindowState = System.Windows.WindowState.Maximized;
}
else
{
window.WindowState = System.Windows.WindowState.Normal;
}
}
private void MinimizeClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var window = (Window)((FrameworkElement)sender).TemplatedParent;
window.WindowState = System.Windows.WindowState.Minimized;
}
}
}
MainWindow.xaml:
<Window x:Class="MyWPFProject.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
<Grid>
<Button x:Name="btnTest" Content="Test" Click="btnTest_Click"/>
......
......
</Grid>
</Window>
UPDATE:
App.xaml:
According to user @Simon Stanford's suggestion here: All you have to do is reference the resource dictionary in your app.xaml file and then assign the Window the Style CustomWindowStyle. So I have referenced the Resource Dictionary as follows. Question now is: How do I assign the Window the Style CustomWindowStyle?
<Application x:Class="MyWOFProject.App"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MyWOFProject"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary Source="MyResourceDictionaryWindowStyle.xaml"/>
</Application.Resources>
</Application>
