Adding isChecked binding to a custom ToggleSwitch - c#

I have created a customer ToggleSwitch using this code and then changing the design to suit me.
WPF toggleswitch code
However when it loads on my page it looks like this:
I'm really new to this so i understand I've got a user based error that i literally dont understand however after hours I can't fix it!
I obviously need to make sure it loads with a checked value, however if I put isChecked ="true" in the xaml then it still loads like the unassigned picture.
In reality I have a setting "toggleDefault" in my code which I want to use on load of the form to say:
togContact = toggleDefault
However since I cant even get the XAML state to work, then this isnt working either.
Any suggestions would be great.
XAML custom code:
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="myToggleSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Viewbox>
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#FFFFFFFF"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 8 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Text="ON" Margin="15 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
</Viewbox>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Checked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#34A543"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="56 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0.0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Unchecked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#C2283B"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="2 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
And below is my control code in the grid:
<ToggleButton x:Name="togContact" IsChecked="true" Margin="5" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="0" Height="20" Style="{StaticResource myToggleSwitch}" />
EDIT:
I have tried adding this to XAML:
IsChecked="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=TemplatedParent}, Path=IsChecked, Mode=TwoWay}"
This made no change.
I then tried setting isChecked to FALSE in the C# code.
This was interesting as it made the OFF appear in the UI on load.
I then tried changing isChecked to True in the c# code and i got an exception!
{"'Border' name cannot be found in the name scope of 'System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate'."}
So I have obviously stuffed up the custom togglebutton code...

This happens because the button is loading with the following styles:
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#C2283B"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 8 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Opacity="0" Text="ON" Margin="15 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
To have the toggle button load as either ON or OFF, you need to change the background colour of the border in the toggle switch and also either set the txtOff or txtOn TextBlock to have an opacity of 0.
The button below will load as red and OFF 🙂
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="myToggleSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Viewbox>
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
<!-- Background color here -->
Background="#C2283B"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 8 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White"/>
<!-- Opacity change here -->
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Opacity="0" Text="ON" Margin="15 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
</Viewbox>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Checked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#34A543"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="56 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0.0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Unchecked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#C2283B"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="2 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>

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How can I Give the togglebutton a default text?

I have a togglebutton with this style shown below, the toggle button work perfectly but I would like to set a default text to the togglebutton when I open the MainWindow , it should be shown that in the state of false, not disabled
The togglebutton will show the text value only when I do action on it ( Set to ON or OFF ) it will display the text but by default, it seems to the user that it was disabled ( see the picture ).
After starting the application :
Set ON :
Set OFF:
The problem is when I run the application before click on the Toggle button , the shown in the screen is a Tooglebutton was disabled , I need to inizialize this control to state "OFF" ,
Is it possible?
How can I do that?
App.xaml
<Style x:Key="myToggleSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#FFFFFFFF"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 40 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White" FontSize="12" />
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Text="ON" Margin="40 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="12" />
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsChecked" Value="True" >
<Trigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#34A543"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="56 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0.0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.EnterActions>
<!-- some out fading -->
<Trigger.ExitActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#C2283B"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="2 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.ExitActions>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource IdealForegroundColorBrush}" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="False">
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource GrayBrush7}" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Style>
MainWindow.xaml.cs
<Grid>
<ToggleButton x:Name="tog" Style="{StaticResource myToggleSwitch}" Width="150" Checked="tog_Checked" Unchecked="tog_Unchecked" ></ToggleButton>
</Grid>
Update :
<Style x:Key="myToggleSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="IsChecked" Value="False"/> <!-- What I have added -->
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#FFFFFFFF"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 40 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White" FontSize="12" />
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Text="ON" Margin="40 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="12" />
</Grid>
Update 2 ( Testing the solution of Jason ).
This what I got :
Since your colors are set by reacting to the IsChecked state change, you just need your initial values to match the false state. Set the border color to the off color (red) rather than white. That should get you what you're looking for.
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#C2283B"
Width="80" Height="25">
...
</Setter.Value>
Also set the default opacity of the "On" text to 0 to prevent it from showing.
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Text="ON" Opacity="0" Margin="40 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="12" />

Set property 'System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton.IsChecked' threw an exception

I'm trying to add a customn style for ToggleButton using Application Resources , when I'm calling the style as StaticResource and add it to the ToggleButton Control with the property IsChecked="True", I got this error.
Exception thrown: 'System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException' in PresentationFramework.dll
'Set property 'System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton.IsChecked' threw an exception.'
InvalidOperationException: 'Border' name cannot be found in the name scope of 'System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate'.
App.xaml :
<Style x:Key="myToggleSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Viewbox>
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#FFFFFFFF"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 8 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Text="ON" Margin="15 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
</Viewbox>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Checked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#34A543"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="56 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0.0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Unchecked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#C2283B"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="2 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Source : Link
MainWindow.xaml :
<Window>
<Grid>
<ToggleButton x:Name="tog" Style="{StaticResource myToggleSwitch}" IsChecked="True" Checked="ToggleButton_Checked"></ToggleButton>
</Grid>
</Window>
MainWindow.xaml.cs
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
how can I solve this?
It will work as follows. Using Trigger.EnterActions instead of EventTrigger solved the problem.
<Style x:Key="myToggleSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Grid x:Name="toggleSwitch">
<Border x:Name="Border" CornerRadius="10"
Background="#FFFFFFFF"
Width="80" Height="25">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0.5" Direction="0" Opacity="0.3" />
</Border.Effect>
<Ellipse x:Name="Ellipse" Fill="#FFFFFFFF" Stretch="Uniform"
Margin="2 2 2 1"
Stroke="Gray" StrokeThickness="0.2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="22" >
<Ellipse.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="1" Opacity="0.3" Direction="260" />
</Ellipse.Effect>
</Ellipse>
</Border>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOff" Text="OFF" Margin="0 0 25 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="White"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtOn" Text="ON" Margin="25 0 0 0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontWeight="DemiBold" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsChecked" Value="True">
<Trigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#34A543"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="56 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0.0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.EnterActions>
<!-- some out fading -->
<Trigger.ExitActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
To="#C2283B"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<ThicknessAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Ellipse"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
To="2 2 2 1"
Duration="0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOff"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="0" To="1.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="txtOn"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TextBlock.Opacity)"
From="1.0" To="0.0" Duration="0:0:0:0.1" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.ExitActions>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource IdealForegroundColorBrush}" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="False">
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource GrayBrush7}" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Style>

ToggleButton pushed out to the right

I've copied the code form this article on how to make a iOS style toggle button.
It works well, the only issue is that it is sitting pushed out to the right, and it seems that a large amount of margin is moving it...
<ToggleButton
Style="{StaticResource AnimatedSwitch}"
Height="30"
Grid.Column="1"
Width="50"
Margin="-20, 4, 0, 5"
Checked="ToggleButton_Checked"
Unchecked="ToggleButton_OnUnchecked"/>
Why is this style requiring so much margin to get it to sit so far off to the right... I would have thought that you would want the control to take up the entire space of its parent and scale with it?
Here's the code from the referenced article for the sake of completeness:
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:PresentationOptions="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/options"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Page.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<Style x:Key="AnimatedSwitch" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#FAFAFB" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="#EAEAEB" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Viewbox Stretch="Uniform">
<Canvas Name="Layer_1" Width="20" Height="20" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="0">
<Ellipse Canvas.Left="0" Width="20" Height="20" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="0.5"/>
<Ellipse Canvas.Left="15" Width="20" Height="20" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="0.5"/>
<Border Canvas.Left="10" Width="15" Height="20" Name="rect416927" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="0,0.5,0,0.5"/>
<Ellipse x:Name="ellipse" Canvas.Left="0" Width="20" Height="20" Fill="White" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="0.3">
<Ellipse.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0" />
</Ellipse.RenderTransform>
<Ellipse.BitmapEffect>
<DropShadowBitmapEffect Softness="0.1" ShadowDepth="0.7" Direction="270" Color="#BBBBBB"/>
</Ellipse.BitmapEffect>
</Ellipse>
</Canvas>
</Viewbox>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True" >
<Trigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background.Color" To="#52D468" Duration="0:0:0.2" />
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush.Color" To="#41C955" Duration="0:0:0.2" />
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Ellipse.RenderTransform).(TranslateTransform.X)" Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.4" Value="15" KeySpline="0, 1, 0.6, 1"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.EnterActions>
<Trigger.ExitActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background.Color" To="#FAFAFB" Duration="0:0:0.2" />
<ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush.Color" To="#EAEAEB" Duration="0:0:0.2" />
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Ellipse.RenderTransform).(TranslateTransform.X)" Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="15"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3" Value="0" KeySpline="0, 0.5, 0.5, 1"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.ExitActions>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Page.Resources>
<Grid>
<ToggleButton Style="{StaticResource AnimatedSwitch}" Height="80"/>
</Grid>
</Page>
The problem appears to be in this line:
<Canvas Name="Layer_1" Width="20" Height="20" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="0">
It does not take into account how the button is moved when checked (the knob is translated by 15 pixels along x). So it must be:
<Canvas Name="Layer_1" Width="35" Height="20" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="0">
Now you may use
<ToggleButton Style="{StaticResource AnimatedSwitch}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Height="80"/>
in order to position the button exactly at the right edge.
I read the template of the toggle button and here, as you can see, there is a canvas and inside it there are defined some ellipses.
The second is shifted of 15 from the first one. Doing this, goes outside the surface of the canvas that has a width of 20.
<Canvas Name="Layer_1" Width="20" Height="20" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="0">
<Ellipse Canvas.Left="0" Width="20" Height="20" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="0.5"/>
<Ellipse Canvas.Left="15" Width="20" Height="20" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="0.5"/>
try changing the canvas width to 35. Like this:
<Canvas Name="Layer_1" Width="35" Height="20" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="0">

WPF error template border dont show all text

I have some error checkings in my WPF application. Error message is shown next to the textbox but when is the textbox at the right side of application, it doesnt show all error text.
The result:
This is mine error template style:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="errorTemplateStyle">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFdc000c" CornerRadius="0.7"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Grid>
<Polygon x:Name="toolTipCorner"
Grid.ZIndex="2"
Margin="-1"
Points="6,6 6,0 0,0"
Fill="#FFdc000c"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IsHitTestVisible="True"/>
<Polyline Grid.ZIndex="3"
Points="7,7 0,0" Margin="-1" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
StrokeThickness="1.5"
StrokeEndLineCap="Round"
StrokeStartLineCap="Round"
Stroke="White"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IsHitTestVisible="True"/>
<AdornedElementPlaceholder x:Name="adorner"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border x:Name="errorBorder" Background="#FFdc000c" Margin="1,0,0,0"
Opacity="0" CornerRadius="1.5"
IsHitTestVisible="False"
MinHeight="24" MaxWidth="267">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="2.25"
Color="Black"
Opacity="0.4"
Direction="315"
BlurRadius="4"/>
</Border.Effect>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ElementName=adorner,
Path=AdornedElement.(Validation.Errors)[0].ErrorContent}"
Foreground="White" Margin="8,3,8,3" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Border>
</StackPanel>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Value="True">
<DataTrigger.Binding>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource BooleanOrConverter}">
<Binding ElementName="adorner" Path="AdornedElement.IsKeyboardFocused" />
<Binding ElementName="toolTipCorner" Path="IsMouseOver"/>
</MultiBinding>
</DataTrigger.Binding>
<DataTrigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard x:Name="fadeInStoryboard">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="00:00:00.15"
Storyboard.TargetName="errorBorder"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
To="1"/>
<ThicknessAnimation Duration="00:00:00.15"
Storyboard.TargetName="errorBorder"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
FillBehavior="HoldEnd"
From="1,0,0,0"
To="5,0,0,0">
<ThicknessAnimation.EasingFunction>
<BackEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Amplitude="2"/>
</ThicknessAnimation.EasingFunction>
</ThicknessAnimation>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</DataTrigger.EnterActions>
<DataTrigger.ExitActions>
<StopStoryboard BeginStoryboardName="fadeInStoryboard"/>
<BeginStoryboard x:Name="fadeOutStoryBoard">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="00:00:00"
Storyboard.TargetName="errorBorder"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
To="0"/>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</DataTrigger.ExitActions>
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
Can you help me how to show all error message?
Thanks Jakub
The solution is use popup for errorBorder.
Working style is:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="errorTemplateStyle">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFdc000c" CornerRadius="0.7"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Grid>
<Polygon x:Name="toolTipCorner"
Grid.ZIndex="2"
Margin="-1"
Points="6,6 6,0 0,0"
Fill="#FFdc000c"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IsHitTestVisible="True"/>
<Polyline Grid.ZIndex="3"
Points="7,7 0,0" Margin="-1" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
StrokeThickness="1.5"
StrokeEndLineCap="Round"
StrokeStartLineCap="Round"
Stroke="White"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IsHitTestVisible="True"/>
<AdornedElementPlaceholder x:Name="adorner"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<Popup x:Name="errorBorder" MinHeight="24" MinWidth="24" MaxWidth="267" Placement="Right" Margin="1,0,0,0" >
<Border Background="#FFdc000c"
Opacity="1" CornerRadius="1.5"
IsHitTestVisible="False"
MinHeight="24" MaxWidth="267">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="2.25"
Color="Black"
Opacity="0.4"
Direction="315"
BlurRadius="4"/>
</Border.Effect>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ElementName=adorner,
Path=AdornedElement.(Validation.Errors)[0].ErrorContent}"
Foreground="White" Margin="8,3,8,3" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Border>
</Popup>
</StackPanel>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Value="True">
<DataTrigger.Binding>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource BooleanOrConverter}">
<Binding ElementName="adorner" Path="AdornedElement.IsKeyboardFocused" />
<Binding ElementName="toolTipCorner" Path="IsMouseOver"/>
</MultiBinding>
</DataTrigger.Binding>
<Setter TargetName="errorBorder" Property="IsOpen" Value="True" />
<DataTrigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard x:Name="fadeInStoryboard">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="00:00:00.15"
Storyboard.TargetName="errorBorder"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
To="1"/>
<ThicknessAnimation Duration="00:00:00.15"
Storyboard.TargetName="errorBorder"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin"
FillBehavior="HoldEnd"
From="1,0,0,0"
To="5,0,0,0">
<ThicknessAnimation.EasingFunction>
<BackEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Amplitude="2"/>
</ThicknessAnimation.EasingFunction>
</ThicknessAnimation>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</DataTrigger.EnterActions>
<DataTrigger.ExitActions>
<StopStoryboard BeginStoryboardName="fadeInStoryboard"/>
<BeginStoryboard x:Name="fadeOutStoryBoard">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="00:00:00"
Storyboard.TargetName="errorBorder"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
To="0"/>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</DataTrigger.ExitActions>
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>

How to show/hide a panel

When the mouse hover, the panel will be show on the left side and leave the mouse it will be hiden.
How to do that in WPF?
Is there any component?
Here's a slide-out console panel from one of my apps (I haven't included the style, but you get the idea). It starts with a width and height of zero, and expands when a toggle button is clicked (notice the EventTrigger that ties the slide-out animation to the Unchecked event of the Togglebutton).
If you base it on the mouseover event instead, that should help you on your way.
<!-- Console Panel -->
<Border Style="{StaticResource SettingsWindowStyle}" x:Name="ConsoleBorder" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Margin="0,0,0,0">
<Border.Triggers>
<EventTrigger SourceName="toggleConsole" RoutedEvent="ToggleButton.Checked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:0.2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Width" To="635" />
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0:0:0.2" Duration="0:0:0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Height">
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame Value="680" KeyTime="0:0:0.2" />
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame Value="690" KeyTime="0:0:0.24" />
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame x:Name="FullScreenConsole" Value="700" KeyTime="0:0:0.3" />
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<EventTrigger SourceName="toggleConsole" RoutedEvent="ToggleButton.Unchecked">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Duration="0:0:0.2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Height">
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame Value="100" KeyTime="0:0:0.2" />
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0:0:0.2" Duration="0:0:0.2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Width">
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame Value="40" KeyTime="0:0:0.2" />
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</Border.Triggers>
<Grid Margin="10">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="20" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ToggleButton Style="{StaticResource ToggleButtonStyle}" x:Name="toggleConsole">
<TextBlock Text="Console" Foreground="Black">
<TextBlock.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="90" />
</TextBlock.LayoutTransform>
</TextBlock>
<ToggleButton.ToolTip>
<ToolTip>
<TextBlock Padding="10" Background="White" Foreground="Black" Text="Show/Hide" />
</ToolTip>
</ToggleButton.ToolTip>
</ToggleButton>
<Rectangle Style="{StaticResource RectangleDividerStyle}" />
<DockPanel Grid.Column="0" Margin="10,2,0,2" Background="#33FFFFFF">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Margin="0,10,0,0">
<!-- main screen box -->
<TextBox x:Name="txtConsole" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" Margin="5,0,0,0" Width="500" Height="590" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"></TextBox>
<!-- button row -->
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="1" Margin="5,10,0,0">
<TextBox x:Name="txtSend" Width="400" Height="30" Margin="0,0,0,0" KeyDown="txtSend_KeyDown" >
</TextBox>
<Button Name="cmdSend" Click="cmdSend_Click" Width="80" Margin="3,0,0,0" Template="{StaticResource GlassButton}">
<TextBlock Foreground="LightGray">Send</TextBlock>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="1" Margin="5,5,0,0">
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5,2,0,0" Foreground="White" Height="30" x:Name="btnRawStatus" Click="btnRawStatus_Click" Width="100" Template="{StaticResource GlassButton}">Raw Status</Button>
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5,2,0,0" Foreground="White" Height="30" x:Name="btnLast50" Click="btnLast50_Click" Width="100" Template="{StaticResource GlassButton}">Last 50 Logs</Button>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>

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