c#xamlwindows-phone-8toggleswitch
Toggle Switch color Windows Phone 8
I'm creating an app where on my main page I have a list with a ToggleSwitch control on each row but the control doesn't appear on the phone emulator. The XAML for the ToggleSwitch control is as below:
<toolkit:ToggleSwitch x:Name="ToggleSwitch" IsChecked="false" Content="Content Goes here" Checked="switch_Unchecked" Unchecked="switch_Unchecked" BorderBrush="black" Background="Black" Width="200"/>
When I click on that code, it shows me that:
So I believe that the control with BorderBrush=black and Background=Black is at the right place but it doesn't appear... May somebody helps me with that ?
Solution
What's the color of your Grid Background color? There might be some problem with that too. Try applying the following style for the Toggle Switch.
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<toolkit:ToggleSwitch Margin="12,0" Content="Live Update" Background="White" Foreground="Black" Style="{StaticResource FixedToggleSwitchStyle}"/>
</Grid>
And the style is,
<Style x:Key="FixedToggleSwitchButtonStyle" TargetType="toolkitPrimitives:ToggleSwitchButton">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource PhoneBackgroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="SwitchForeground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="toolkitPrimitives:ToggleSwitchButton">
<Border x:Name="Root" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CacheMode="BitmapCache" Opacity="{TemplateBinding Opacity}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Grid.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="SwitchBottom"/>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="ThumbCenter"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Root"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CheckStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.05" To="Unchecked"/>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.05" To="Checked"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Checked">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="69" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TranslateTransform.X)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundTranslation">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="15"/>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="69" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TranslateTransform.X)" Storyboard.TargetName="ThumbTranslation">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="15"/>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Dragging"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Unchecked">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TranslateTransform.X)" Storyboard.TargetName="BackgroundTranslation"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TranslateTransform.X)" Storyboard.TargetName="ThumbTranslation"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="SwitchRoot" Background="Transparent" Height="95" Width="136">
<Grid x:Name="SwitchTrack" Width="89">
<Grid x:Name="SwitchBottom" Background="{TemplateBinding SwitchForeground}" Height="34">
<Rectangle x:Name="SwitchBackground" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="77">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="BackgroundTranslation"/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" BorderThickness="3">
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="4"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
<Border x:Name="SwitchThumb" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderThickness="4,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="38" Margin="-4,0" Width="28">
<Border.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="ThumbTranslation"/>
</Border.RenderTransform>
<Border x:Name="ThumbCenter" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" BorderThickness="2" Background="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="FixedToggleSwitchStyle" TargetType="toolkit:ToggleSwitch">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource PhoneBackgroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyLight}"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeLarge}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="SwitchForeground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Top"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="toolkit:ToggleSwitch">
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CacheMode="BitmapCache" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Header"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Content"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid Margin="12,5,12,42">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ContentControl x:Name="Header" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneSubtleBrush}" FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}" FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" IsTabStop="False" Margin="-1,0,0,0" Opacity="{TemplateBinding Opacity}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
<ContentControl x:Name="Content" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsTabStop="False" Margin="-1,1,0,-7" Opacity="{TemplateBinding Opacity}" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
<toolkitPrimitives:ToggleSwitchButton x:Name="Switch" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.Column="1" Margin="-22,-29,-24,-28" Opacity="{TemplateBinding Opacity}" Grid.RowSpan="2" SwitchForeground="{TemplateBinding SwitchForeground}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Style="{StaticResource FixedToggleSwitchButtonStyle}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Change your Background color and Foreground color as per your needs in Toggle Switch.