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Customizing the Menu With Styles

The Menu control can be skinned using the standard Silverlight 2 method of setting Styles in the App.xaml file of your Silverlight project.

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Example of how to Apply a Skin to the Menu

These styles are placed in your XAML and referred to using the Style property:


    <Style TargetType="local:Menu">
        <Setter Property="Background">
            <Setter.Value>
                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="1,1">
                    <GradientStop Color="#f8f0f0f0" Offset="0.0" />
                    <GradientStop Color="#f8f8f8f8" Offset="1.0" />
                </LinearGradientBrush>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="#f8a0a0a0" />
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
        <Setter Property="LeftBrush">
            <Setter.Value>
                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0.5" EndPoint="1,0.5">
                    <GradientStop Color="#f8f4f7fc" Offset="0.0" />
                    <GradientStop Color="#f8d4d8e6" Offset="1.0" />
                </LinearGradientBrush>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
        <Setter Property="LeftBorderBrush" Value="#f8a0a0b4" />
        <Setter Property="LeftBorderThickness" Value="1" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:Menu">
                    <Grid x:Name="RootElement">
                        <Border Margin="0 0 2 2" CornerRadius="4" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
                            <Border.Effect>
                                <DropShadowEffect Opacity="0.6" />
                            </Border.Effect>
                        </Border>
                        <Rectangle Margin="2 2 2 4" Width="30" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Fill="{TemplateBinding LeftBrush}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
                        <Rectangle Margin="32 2 2 4" Width="{TemplateBinding LeftBorderThickness}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Fill="{TemplateBinding LeftBorderBrush}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
                        <ItemsPresenter Margin="0 0 2 2" />
                        <Canvas x:Name="ElementChildren" />
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>



    <Style TargetType="local:MenuItem">
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12" />
        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="2" />
        <Setter Property="HoverBorderBrush" Value="#96d9f9" />
        <Setter Property="HoverBorderThickness" Value="1" />
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#00ffffff" />
        <Setter Property="HoverBrush">
            <Setter.Value>
                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.5,0" EndPoint="0.5,1">
                    <GradientStop Color="#aaf1f8fb" Offset="0.0" />
                    <GradientStop Color="#aabae4f6" Offset="1.0" />
                </LinearGradientBrush>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
        <Setter Property="ContentMargin" Value="8 5 8 5" />
        <Setter Property="CheckBoxVisibility" Value="Collapsed" />
        <Setter Property="IsChecked" Value="False" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:MenuItem">
                    <Grid x:Name="RootElement" Background="#00ffffff">
                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
                            <ColumnDefinition />
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <Rectangle x:Name="ElementHover" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Margin="2" RadiusX="4" RadiusY="4" Visibility="Collapsed" Stroke="{TemplateBinding HoverBorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="{TemplateBinding HoverBorderThickness}" Fill="{TemplateBinding HoverBrush}" />
                        <Image x:Name="ElementIcon" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4 0 0 0" Stretch="None" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                        <CheckBox x:Name="ElementCheckBox" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4 0 0 0" IsChecked="{TemplateBinding IsChecked}" Visibility="{TemplateBinding CheckBoxVisibility}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                        <TextBlock x:Name="ElementText" Grid.Column="1" Text="{TemplateBinding Text}" FontFamily="{TemplateBinding FontFamily}"
                           FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" FontWeight="{TemplateBinding FontWeight}" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                           FontStyle="{TemplateBinding FontStyle}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Padding="{TemplateBinding ContentMargin}" />
                        <TextBlock x:Name="ElementShortcut" Grid.Column="2" Text="{TemplateBinding Shortcut}" FontFamily="{TemplateBinding FontFamily}"
                           FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" FontWeight="{TemplateBinding FontWeight}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                           FontStyle="{TemplateBinding FontStyle}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
                        <Polygon x:Name="ElementChildren" Grid.Column="3" Points="0,0 3,3 0,6" Fill="#000000" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>



    <Style TargetType="local:MenuItem">
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12" />
        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="2" />
        <Setter Property="HoverBorderBrush" Value="#96d9f9" />
        <Setter Property="HoverBorderThickness" Value="1" />
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#00ffffff" />
        <Setter Property="HoverBrush">
            <Setter.Value>
                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.5,0" EndPoint="0.5,1">
                    <GradientStop Color="#aaf1f8fb" Offset="0.0" />
                    <GradientStop Color="#aabae4f6" Offset="1.0" />
                </LinearGradientBrush>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
        <Setter Property="ContentMargin" Value="8 5 8 5" />
        <Setter Property="CheckBoxVisibility" Value="Collapsed" />
        <Setter Property="IsChecked" Value="False" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:MenuItem">
                    <Grid x:Name="RootElement" Background="#00ffffff">
                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
                            <ColumnDefinition />
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <Rectangle x:Name="ElementHover" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="4" Margin="2" RadiusX="4" RadiusY="4" Visibility="Collapsed" Stroke="{TemplateBinding HoverBorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="{TemplateBinding HoverBorderThickness}" Fill="{TemplateBinding HoverBrush}" />
                        <Image x:Name="ElementIcon" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4 0 0 0" Stretch="None" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                        <CheckBox x:Name="ElementCheckBox" Grid.Column="0" Margin="4 0 0 0" IsChecked="{TemplateBinding IsChecked}" Visibility="{TemplateBinding CheckBoxVisibility}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                        <TextBlock x:Name="ElementText" Grid.Column="1" Text="{TemplateBinding Text}" FontFamily="{TemplateBinding FontFamily}"
                           FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" FontWeight="{TemplateBinding FontWeight}" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                           FontStyle="{TemplateBinding FontStyle}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Padding="{TemplateBinding ContentMargin}" />
                        <TextBlock x:Name="ElementShortcut" Grid.Column="2" Text="{TemplateBinding Shortcut}" FontFamily="{TemplateBinding FontFamily}"
                           FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" FontWeight="{TemplateBinding FontWeight}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                           FontStyle="{TemplateBinding FontStyle}" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
                        <Polygon x:Name="ElementChildren" Grid.Column="3" Points="0,0 3,3 0,6" Fill="#000000" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>


As you can see, styling is a powerful method of customizing the controls to suite the look and feel of your Silverlight application.

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