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DatePicker Styles and Templates

This topic describes the styles and templates for the DatePicker control. For more information, see Customizing the Appearance of an Existing Control by Creating a ControlTemplate.

The following table lists the elements for the DatePicker control.

DatePicker Element

Type

Description

Root

Grid

The root of the control.

Button

Button

The button that opens and closes the Calendar.

TextBox

DatePickerTextBox

The text box that allows you to input a date.

DisabledVisual

Grid

The overlay for the disabled state.

The following table lists the states for the DatePicker control.

DatePicker State

VisualStateGroup Name

Description

Normal State

CommonStates

The default state.

Disabled State

CommonStates

The state that is triggered when the DatePicker is disabled.

MouseOver State

CommonStates

The mouse is over the DatePicker.

Pressed State

CommonStates

The drop-down button has been pressed.

The following example shows how to add a custom style as a StaticResource. For more information, see Customizing the Appearance of an Existing Control by Creating a ControlTemplate. In this example, the StaticResource refers to an x:Key attribute value that you must add to the Style element when you modify it for your project.

<DatePicker x:Name="datePicker1"
    Style="{StaticResource newDatePickerStyle}" />

The following example shows the default styles and templates for the DatePicker control. To customize these styles, add the following XAML to your project, add an x:Key attribute to the Style element, and then reference the style as shown in the previous example.

<Style TargetType="local:DatePicker">
    <Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="#FFFFFFFF" />
    <Setter Property="Padding" Value="2"/>
    <Setter Property="SelectionBackground" Value="#FF444444"/>
    <Setter Property="BorderBrush">
        <Setter.Value>
            <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint=".5,0" StartPoint=".5,1">
                <GradientStop Color="#FFA3AEB9" Offset="0"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FF8399A9" Offset="0.375"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FF718597" Offset="0.375"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FF617584" Offset="1"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:DatePicker">
                <Grid x:Name="Root">
                        <Grid.Resources>
                            <!-- Main DatePicker Brushes -->
                            <SolidColorBrush x:Key="DisabledBrush" Color="#A5FFFFFF" />

                            <!-- Button Template -->
                            <ControlTemplate x:Key="DropDownButtonTemplate" TargetType="Button">
                                <Grid>
                                    <vsm:VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                                        <vsm:VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                                            <vsm:VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
                                                <vsm:VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0" />
                                                <vsm:VisualTransition To="MouseOver" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.1" />
                                                <vsm:VisualTransition To="Pressed" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.1" />
                                            </vsm:VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
                                            <vsm:VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
                                            <vsm:VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
                                                <Storyboard>
                                                    <ColorAnimation Duration="0" Storyboard.TargetName="Background" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" To="#FF448DCA"/>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[3].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#7FFFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[2].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#CCFFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[1].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#F2FFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                </Storyboard>
                                            </vsm:VisualState>
                                            <vsm:VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
                                                <Storyboard>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="Background" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#FF448DCA"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="Highlight" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
                                                        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
                                                    </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[1].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#EAFFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[2].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#C6FFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[3].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#6BFFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                    <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundGradient" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(GradientBrush.GradientStops)[0].(GradientStop.Color)">
                                                        <SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="#F4FFFFFF"/>
                                                    </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                </Storyboard>
                                            </vsm:VisualState>
                                            <vsm:VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
                                                <Storyboard>
                                                    <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="DisabledVisual" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
                                                        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
                                                    </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                                </Storyboard>
                                            </vsm:VisualState>
                                        </vsm:VisualStateGroup>
                                    </vsm:VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>

                                    <!--Start UI-->
                                    <Grid Height="18" Width="19" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" Background="#11FFFFFF">
                                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
                                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                            <RowDefinition Height="23*"/>
                                            <RowDefinition Height="19*"/>
                                            <RowDefinition Height="19*"/>
                                            <RowDefinition Height="19*"/>
                                        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                        <Border Margin="-1" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="4" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FF45D6FA" Opacity="0" CornerRadius="0,0,1,1" x:Name="Highlight"/>
                                        <Border x:Name="Background" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFFFFFFF" Opacity="1" CornerRadius=".5" Background="#FF1F3B53"/>
                                        <Border x:Name="BackgroundGradient" Margin="0,-1,0,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#BF000000" Opacity="1" CornerRadius=".5">
                                            <Border.Background>
                                                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint=".7,0" EndPoint=".7,1">
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="0" />
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#F9FFFFFF" Offset="0.375" />
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#E5FFFFFF" Offset="0.625" />
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#C6FFFFFF" Offset="1" />
                                                </LinearGradientBrush>
                                            </Border.Background>
                                        </Border>
                                        <Rectangle Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="1" StrokeThickness="1">
                                            <Rectangle.Stroke>
                                                <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.48,-1" StartPoint="0.48,1.25">
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#FF494949"/>
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#FF9F9F9F" Offset="1"/>
                                                </LinearGradientBrush>
                                            </Rectangle.Stroke>
                                            <Rectangle.Fill>
                                                <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.3,-1.1" StartPoint="0.46,1.6">
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#FF4084BD"/>
                                                    <GradientStop Color="#FFAFCFEA" Offset="1"/>
                                                </LinearGradientBrush>
                                            </Rectangle.Fill>
                                        </Rectangle>
                                        <Path HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,3,4,3" VerticalAlignment="Center" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Fill="#FF2F2F2F" Stretch="Fill" Data="M11.426758,8.4305077 L11.749023,8.4305077 L11.749023,16.331387 L10.674805,16.331387 L10.674805,10.299648 L9.0742188,11.298672 L9.0742188,10.294277 C9.4788408,10.090176 9.9094238,9.8090878 10.365967,9.4510155 C10.82251,9.0929432 11.176106,8.7527733 11.426758,8.4305077 z M14.65086,8.4305077 L18.566387,8.4305077 L18.566387,9.3435936 L15.671368,9.3435936 L15.671368,11.255703 C15.936341,11.058764 16.27293,10.960293 16.681133,10.960293 C17.411602,10.960293 17.969301,11.178717 18.354229,11.615566 C18.739157,12.052416 18.931622,12.673672 18.931622,13.479336 C18.931622,15.452317 18.052553,16.438808 16.294415,16.438808 C15.560365,16.438808 14.951641,16.234707 14.468243,15.826504 L14.881817,14.929531 C15.368796,15.326992 15.837872,15.525723 16.289043,15.525723 C17.298809,15.525723 17.803692,14.895514 17.803692,13.635098 C17.803692,12.460618 17.305971,11.873379 16.310528,11.873379 C15.83071,11.873379 15.399232,12.079271 15.016094,12.491055 L14.65086,12.238613 z" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.RowSpan="3"/>
                                        <Ellipse HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" StrokeThickness="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Width="3" Height="3"/>
                                        <Border Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="4" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#B2FFFFFF" Opacity="0" CornerRadius="0,0,.5,.5" x:Name="DisabledVisual"/>
                                    </Grid>
                                    <!--End UI-->
                                </Grid>
                            </ControlTemplate>
                        </Grid.Resources>
                        <vsm:VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                            <vsm:VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                                <vsm:VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
                                <vsm:VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
                                    <Storyboard>
                                        <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="DisabledVisual" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" To="1" Duration="0" />
                                    </Storyboard>
                                </vsm:VisualState>
                            </vsm:VisualStateGroup>
                        </vsm:VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <primitives:DatePickerTextBox x:Name="TextBox" SelectionBackground="{TemplateBinding SelectionBackground}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Grid.Column="0" />
                        <Button x:Name="Button" Template="{StaticResource DropDownButtonTemplate}" Grid.Column="1" Width="20" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Margin="3,0,3,0"/>
                        <Grid x:Name="DisabledVisual" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1" Fill="#A5FFFFFF" Grid.Column="0"/>
                            <Rectangle RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1" Fill="#A5FFFFFF" Grid.Column="1" Height="18" Width="19" Margin="3,0,3,0" />
                        </Grid>
                        <Popup x:Name="Popup"/>
                    </Grid>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

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