I want to make a WPF TextBox have a DarkBlue border and thickness equal to 1. I want to make the WPF have this border ( DarkBlue, thickness set to 1 ) even when the TextBox is s
You have the same logic for when "IsMouseOver" True as well False. Change one and you should see something.
I think your problem is due to having the Trigger Property value containing TextBox. You just need the name of the property.
<Style x:Key="ReadOnlyLargeTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="80"/>
<Setter Property="MaxHeight" Value="80"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Visible"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Blue"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Blue"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
Check FocusVisualStyle property of the FrameworkElement object (ancestor of TextBox). It's purpose is to define style applied when an element is selected.
just see is this you want...
<Style x:Key="TextBoxStyle1" BasedOn="{x:Null}" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Border x:Name="bg" BorderBrush="#FF825E5E" BorderThickness="1">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="bg" Value="DarkBlue"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" TargetName="bg" Value="2"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="bg" Value="DarkBlue"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" TargetName="bg" Value="2"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>