Customize your own Silverlight control

1. Create a new class which inherit from ContentControl

namespace SimpleButtonDemo { public class SimpleButton : ContentControl { public event RoutedEventHandler Click; public SimpleButton() { DefaultStyleKey = typeof(SimpleButton); this.MouseLeftButtonUp += new MouseButtonEventHandler(SimpleButton_MouseLeftButtonUp); this.MouseEnter += new MouseEventHandler(SimpleButton_MouseEnter); this.MouseLeave += new MouseEventHandler(SimpleButton_MouseLeave); } void SimpleButton_MouseLeftButtonUp(object sender,MouseButtonEventArgs e) { if (Click != null) Click(this,new RoutedEventArgs()); } void SimpleButton_MouseEnter(object sender,MouseEventArgs e) { <a href="/tag/visualstatemanager/" target="_blank" class="keywords">visualstatemanager</a>.GoToState(this,"Mou<a href="/tag/SEO/" title="SEO">SEO</a>ver",true); } void SimpleButton_MouseLeave(object sender,"<a href="/tag/nor/" target="_blank" class="keywords">nor</a>mal",true); } } }

 

2. You must create Themes folder in Silverlight application.

3. Create a txt file and rename it to Generic.xaml under the Themes folder.

4. In the Generic.xaml,paste the following content in,(NOTICE: Namespaces)

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:custom="clr-namespace:SimpleButtonDemo;assembly=SimpleButtonDemo" xmlns:vsm="clr-namespace:Sy<a href="/tag/stem/" target="_blank" class="keywords">stem</a>.Windows;assembly=Sy<a href="/tag/stem/" target="_blank" class="keywords">stem</a>.Windows"> <Style <a href="/tag/targettype/" target="_blank" class="keywords">targettype</a>="custom:SimpleButton"> <Setter Property="Width" Value="100" /> <Setter Property="Height" Value="100" /> <Setter Property="Background" Value="La<a href="/tag/vend/" target="_blank" class="keywords">vend</a>er" /> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate <a href="/tag/targettype/" target="_blank" class="keywords">targettype</a>="custom:SimpleButton"> <!--<Grid x:Name="RootElement"> <Rectangle x:Name="BodyElement" Width="{TemplateBinding Width}" Height="{TemplateBinding Height}" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" <a href="/tag/stroke/" target="_blank" class="keywords">stroke</a>="Purple" RadiusX="16" RadiusY="16" /> <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" /> </Grid>--> <Grid x:Name="RootElement"> <vsm:<a href="/tag/visualstatemanager/" target="_blank" class="keywords">visualstatemanager</a>.VisualStateGroups> <vsm:VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates"> <vsm:VisualStateGroup.Transitions> <vsm:VisualTransition To="<a href="/tag/nor/" target="_blank" class="keywords">nor</a>mal"/> <vsm:VisualTransition To="Mou<a href="/tag/SEO/" title="SEO">SEO</a>ver"/> </vsm:VisualStateGroup.Transitions> <vsm:VisualState x:Name="<a href="/tag/nor/" target="_blank" class="keywords">nor</a>mal" /> <vsm:VisualState x:Name="Mou<a href="/tag/SEO/" title="SEO">SEO</a>ver"> <Storyboard Duration="0:0:.8"> <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="BodyElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Rectangle.Fill).(SolidColorB<a href="/tag/rush/" target="_blank" class="keywords">rush</a>.Color)" To="Yellow" /> </Storyboard> </vsm:VisualState> </vsm:VisualStateGroup> </vsm:<a href="/tag/visualstatemanager/" target="_blank" class="keywords">visualstatemanager</a>.VisualStateGroups> <Rectangle x:Name="BodyElement" Width="{TemplateBinding Width}" Height="{TemplateBinding Height}" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" <a href="/tag/stroke/" target="_blank" class="keywords">stroke</a>="Purple" RadiusX="16" RadiusY="16" /> <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/> </Grid> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style> </ResourceDictionary>

5. In other pages,you can use it in these ways,

     a. Using it in a simple way

   <custom:SimpleButton Canvas.Left="300" Canvas.Top="300" Content="New Button" Width="100" Height="100" Background="Bisque" Click="SimpleButton_Click_1" />       

   b. Using it with new content.(replace the original content with yours) 

<custom:SimpleButton Width="250" Height="150" Click="SimpleButton_Click"> <custom:SimpleButton.Content> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center"> <Ellipse Width="75" Height="75" Margin="10"> <Ellipse.Fill> <RadialGradientB<a href="/tag/rush/" target="_blank" class="keywords">rush</a> GradientOrigin="0.25,0.25"> <GradientStop Offset="0.25" Color="White" /> <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="Red" /> </RadialGradientB<a href="/tag/rush/" target="_blank" class="keywords">rush</a>> </Ellipse.Fill> </Ellipse> <TextBlock Text="Click Me" VerticalAlignment="Center" /> </StackPanel> </custom:SimpleButton.Content> </custom:SimpleButton>