ToggleButton Class (System.Windows.Controls.Primitives)

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ToggleButton Class

Updated: February 2009

Base class for controls that can switch states, such as CheckBox.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls.Primitives
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/presentation

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Class ToggleButton _
    Inherits ButtonBase

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ToggleButton

public class ToggleButton : ButtonBase

Visual C++

public ref class ToggleButton : public ButtonBase

JScript

public class ToggleButton extends ButtonBase

XAML Object Element Usage

<ToggleButton>
  Content
</ToggleButton>

Remarks

Content Model: ToggleButton is a ContentControl. Its content property is Content. For more information on the content model for ToggleButton, see Controls Content Model Overview.

The IsChecked property specifies the state of the ToggleButton. The IsThreeState property specifies whether the ToggleButton has two or three states.

Dependency properties for this control might be set by the control’s default style. If a property is set by a default style, the property might change from its default value when the control appears in the application. The default style is determined by which desktop theme is used when the application is running. For more information, see Themes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Windows.Threading..::.DispatcherObject
    System.Windows..::.DependencyObject
      System.Windows.Media..::.Visual
        System.Windows..::.UIElement
          System.Windows..::.FrameworkElement
            System.Windows.Controls..::.Control
              System.Windows.Controls..::.ContentControl
                System.Windows.Controls.Primitives..::.ButtonBase
                  System.Windows.Controls.Primitives..::.ToggleButton
                    System.Windows.Controls..::.CheckBox
                    System.Windows.Controls..::.RadioButton

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

ToggleButton Members

System.Windows.Controls.Primitives Namespace

Change History

Date	History	Reason
February 2009	Described how default styles change dependency properties.	Customer feedback.

Date

History

Reason

February 2009

Described how default styles change dependency properties.

Customer feedback.