WPF Styling Not Working as Expected - c#

I have the following style applied to a Button (enabled by default):
<Style x:Key="DisableFoxProCancelButton"
TargetType="{x:Type Button}"
BasedOn="{StaticResource ButtonStyle}">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="True" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=FoxProTableIsDirty}" Value="false">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
This works to disable the button when FoxProTableIsDirty is False.
I originally had this wired up as follows (disabled by default):
<Style x:Key="DisableFoxProCancelButton"
TargetType="{x:Type Button}"
BasedOn="{StaticResource ButtonStyle}">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=FoxProTableIsDirty}" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="True" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
But this second way did not work to disable the button when FoxProTableIsDirty is False.
The second style seemed to make more sense when I was writing the style as by default the button should be disabled until a change is made to the associated table and the changes need to be saved.
Can someone explain why the second one would not work as expected?
EDIT
Here is the code for the button using this style:
<Button Name="CancelFoxproChanges"
Content="Cancel"
Style="{StaticResource DisableFoxProCancelButton}"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
<ei:CallMethodAction TargetObject="{Binding}"
MethodName="FoxProCancelButtonClicked" />
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>
</Button>

check if there is IsEnabled set in the Button element.
remove if it is set as triggers can not override local or inline values.
<Button Style="{StaticResource DisableFoxProCancelButton}" IsEnabled="False" />
in other way you can directly bind FoxProTableIsDirty to Button's IsEnabled, eg
<Button IsEnabled="{Binding FoxProTableIsDirty}" />
or via style setters
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="{Binding FoxProTableIsDirty}" />
so as long as FoxProTableIsDirty is being resolved and notifying changes, this will enable/disable the button as desired

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<ListBoxItem>1</ListBoxItem>
<ListBoxItem>2</ListBoxItem>
<ListBoxItem>3</ListBoxItem>
</ListBox>
<TextBox x:Name="txt" />
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<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Style.Triggers>
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