How to change button color when pressed in WP7?

Question

In WP7, whenever a button is clicked, the background of the button turns white, indicating that the button is pressed and becomes normal when you release the mouse button. But I want to change the color of the selection button from white to orange. How can i do this?

Answer 1

You will have to play with the Visual States this Button control. The following is the default style for Button extracted from Expression Blend :

 <Style x:Key="ButtonStyle1" TargetType="Button"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/> <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/> <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/> <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="{StaticResource PhoneBorderThickness}"/> <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilySemiBold}"/> <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeMediumLarge}"/> <Setter Property="Padding" Value="10,3,10,5"/> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button"> <Grid Background="Transparent"> <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups> <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates"> <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/> <VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/> <VisualState x:Name="Pressed"> <Storyboard> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentContainer"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneBackgroundBrush}"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background" Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBackground"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush" Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBackground"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> </Storyboard> </VisualState> <VisualState x:Name="Disabled"> <Storyboard> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentContainer"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush" Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBackground"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background" Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBackground"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Transparent"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> </Storyboard> </VisualState> </VisualStateGroup> </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups> <Border x:Name="ButtonBackground" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" CornerRadius="0" Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTouchTargetOverhang}"> <ContentControl x:Name="ContentContainer" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/> </Border> </Grid> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style> 

You need to change the visual state of Pressed to:

(In this case, the background changes to Red when the button is pressed)

 <VisualState x:Name="Pressed"> <Storyboard> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground" Storyboard.TargetName="ContentContainer"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Red"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background" Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBackground"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Red"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush" Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBackground"> <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Red"/> </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames> </Storyboard> </VisualState> 

Answer 2

If you are designing for a Windows phone, Blend is free and incredibly powerful. I would go so far as to say mandatory, I highly recommend you use it. In Blend, it's just a matter of editing the Extruded style.

• In Visual Studio, in Solution Explorer, right-click on your XAML page and select "open in Expression Blend"

• Right-click on the button → Change Template → Create Copy (just select the default values ​​for the save dialog)

• Click on the “status” tab: (you will see a list of all the different visual states that the button may have)

• Select the “Pressed” state and visually edit the contents of your heat.

And you're done!

Compare this to trying to change the original XAML, as in VS.

Answer 3

You can do this by reinstalling the button control in blend.

• rclick control
• change template
• edit copy
• Change the formatting of composite components for selected view states.