I need to create a rounded corner glossy button in WPF. Can anyone please explain me what steps are needed?
You have to create your own ControlTemplate for the Button. just have a look at the sample
created a style called RoundCorner and inside that i changed rather created my own new Control Template with Border (CornerRadius=8) for round corner and some background and other trigger effect. If you have or know Expression Blend it can be done very easily.
<Style x:Key="RoundCorner" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Grid x:Name="grid">
<Border x:Name="border" CornerRadius="8" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2">
<Border.Background>
<RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.496,1.052">
<RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform CenterX="0.5" CenterY="0.5"
ScaleX="1.5" ScaleY="1.5"/>
<TranslateTransform X="0.02" Y="0.3"/>
</TransformGroup>
</RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
<GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#00000000"/>
<GradientStop Offset="0.3" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Border.Background>
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
TextElement.FontWeight="Bold">
</ContentPresenter>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border">
<Setter.Value>
<RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.496,1.052">
<RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform CenterX="0.5" CenterY="0.5" ScaleX="1.5" ScaleY="1.5"/>
<TranslateTransform X="0.02" Y="0.3"/>
</TransformGroup>
</RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
<GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF303030" Offset="0.3"/>
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="#FF33962B"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="grid" Value="0.25"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Using
<Button Style="{DynamicResource RoundCorner}"
Height="25"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Content="Show"
Width="100"
Margin="5" />