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More flexible setters in ControlTemplate.Triggers

I am trying to create a button in XAML. Below you can see what I have created so far.

<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="#f2f2f7"/>
    <Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,4"/>
    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#222222" />
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
                <Border CornerRadius="1" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#b1b1c0">
                    <Border CornerRadius="1" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="1,1,1,0" BorderBrush="#f8f8fa" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
                        <ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
                        </ContentPresenter>
                    </Border>
                </Border>
                <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                    <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#8e8eba" />
                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#f2f291" />
                    </Trigger>
                </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

The problem is that this button has two elements <Border>nested into each other. I would like to have a different attribute BorderBrush=""when the trigger is activated IsMouseOver. For example, when I click the mouse button, the inner border will be red and the outer border will be blue.

Can you help me?

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Try installing Name for Borders and use TargetNamein Trigger as follows:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="#f2f2f7"/>
    <Setter Property="Padding" Value="6,4"/>
    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#222222" />

    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
                <Border Name="OuterBorder" CornerRadius="1" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#b1b1c0">
                    <Border Name="InnerBorder" CornerRadius="1" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="1,1,1,0" BorderBrush="#f8f8fa" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
                        <ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                    </Border>
                </Border>

                <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                    <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#8e8eba" />
                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#f2f291" />

                        <!-- Here use TargetName -->
                        <Setter TargetName="OuterBorder" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Red" />
                        <Setter TargetName="InnerBorder" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Blue" />
                    </Trigger>
                </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

Some notes

  • TargetName can only be set to <ControlTemplate.Triggers>, not to<Style.Triggers>
  • TargetName ControlTemplate
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TargetName .

<Setter TargetName="MyBorderName" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Red" />
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