Hi Pete,
I was further looking to change this button's look by writing a control template which gives it a circular shape. The animation etc. works fine but I don't know how to create the "disabled" look for this circular button which should make it feel like"washed out" as in case of standard button. When I click on button, the animation stops but it doesn't become disabled.
Could you please share some sample code on how to create the "disabled" look on click of this button ? Below is my complete code:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="buttonTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Button}"><Grid><Ellipse x:Name="outerCircle"><Ellipse.Fill><LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1"><GradientStop Offset="0"
Color="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent},Path=Background.Color}"/><GradientStop Offset="1" Color="Red"/></LinearGradientBrush></Ellipse.Fill></Ellipse><Ellipse RenderTransformOrigin=".5,.5"><Ellipse.RenderTransform><ScaleTransform ScaleX=".8" ScaleY=".8"/></Ellipse.RenderTransform><Ellipse.Fill><LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1"><GradientStop Offset="0" Color="White"/><GradientStop Offset="1" Color="Transparent"/></LinearGradientBrush></Ellipse.Fill></Ellipse><Viewbox><ContentPresenter Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"/></Viewbox></Grid><ControlTemplate.Triggers><Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"><Setter TargetName="outerCircle" Property="Fill" Value="Orange"/></Trigger><Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"> <Setter Property="RenderTransform"><Setter.Value><ScaleTransform ScaleX=".9" ScaleY=".9"/></Setter.Value></Setter><Setter Property="RenderTransformOrigin" Value=".5,.5"/></Trigger></ControlTemplate.Triggers></ControlTemplate><Button Template="{StaticResource buttonTemplate}" Height="50" Width="50" FontSize="40" Padding="20" Margin="5" x:Name="buttonSav" Content="Save" IsEnabled="{Binding Path=DataChanged}" Background="Blue" Click="btnSave_Click"><Button.Style><Style TargetType="Button"><Style.Triggers><DataTrigger Binding="{Binding DataChanged}" Value="true"><DataTrigger.EnterActions><BeginStoryboard x:Name="sb1"><BeginStoryboard.Storyboard><Storyboard AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="Forever"><ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Button.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" ><EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Blue"/><EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1" Value="Red"><EasingColorKeyFrame.EasingFunction><QuinticEase EasingMode="EaseInOut"/></EasingColorKeyFrame.EasingFunction></EasingColorKeyFrame></ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames></Storyboard></BeginStoryboard.Storyboard></BeginStoryboard></DataTrigger.EnterActions><DataTrigger.ExitActions><StopStoryboard BeginStoryboardName="sb1"/></DataTrigger.ExitActions></DataTrigger></Style.Triggers></Style></Button.Style></Button>Thanks.