These are the most common and basic types of triggers within the WPF programmatic model. They are basically XAML condition statements that check the state of a property to determine whether to use a specific style/setter value within the style of the element.
The following are the basic steps for creating a property trigger:
1. Create a top-level <Style> XML element in your XAML page and set the TargetType of the
<Style> XML element to {x:Type Button}:
<Style TargetType=”{x:Type Button}”>
2. Within the <Style> entries, define the <Style.Trigger> element:
<Style.Triggers>
3. Within the <Style.Triggers> XML element, create a <Trigger> XML element with the property to check and the value to compare it to set as attributes for this class:
<Trigger Property=”IsMouseOver” Value=”False”>
</Trigger>
4. Enter the <Setter> XML element to designate the actual property value of the Button control(s)
that will need to be rendered. In this case, the developer can set the property to be modified in the trigger’s condition routine.
<Setter Property=”Background” Value=”Red” />
5. Add a button to the XAML page, with no special settings needed:
<Button VerticalAlignment=”Left”
HorizontalAlignment=”Stretch”
Height=”66”
Name=”btnOne”>Button
</Button>
The final syntax should resemble the following:
<Window x:Class=”PropertyTrigger.Window1”
xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation”
xmlns:x=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml”
Title=”PropertyTrigger”
>
<Window.Resources>
<Style TargetType=”{x:Type Button}”>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property=”IsMouseOver” Value=”False”>
<Setter Property=”Background” Value=”Red” />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Button VerticalAlignment=”Left”
HorizontalAlignment=”Stretch”
Height=”66”
Name=”btnOne”>Button
</Button>
</Grid>
</Window>
As displayed, the setter property would apply only when the trigger is evaluated to be a False condition.
If the trigger is evaluated to a True value, it will not fire.
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