How to set/change/remove focus style on a Button in C#?

Question

I have a couple of buttons of which I modified how they look. I have set them as flat buttons with a background and a custom border so they look all pretty and nothing like

Answer 1

Consider implementing your own drawing code for the button. That way you have full control. In the past, I've implemented my own Control derivative that custom paints my button and implements all the button characteristics for my purposes, but you should be able to override the button's painting and do it yourself, thereby controlling how it draws in every state, including when focused.

Answer 2

You can also create an invisible button and make it active whenever you press another button.

Answer 3

There is another way which works well for flat styled buttons. Don't use buttons but labels. As you are completely replacing the UI for the button it does not matter whether your use a button control or a label. Just handle the click in the same way.

This worked for me, although not great practice it is a good hack and as long as you name the button obviously (and comment the source) other coders will pick up the idea.

Ryan

Answer 4

Is this the effect you are looking for?

public class NoFocusCueButton : Button
{
    protected override bool ShowFocusCues
    {
        get
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

You can use this custom button class just like a regular button, but it won't give you an extra rectangle on focus.

Answer 5

I've had good luck merely setting the Focusable property of the button to be false:

<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,2" 
        Command="{Binding OpenSuspendedJobCommand, Mode=OneWay}"  
        Focusable="False"
        Style="{StaticResource ActionButton}" Content="Open Job..." />

Answer 6

Certainly you can draw the button yourself. One of the state flags is focused.

So on the draw event if the flag is focused go ahead and draw the button how you like, otherwise just pass it on to the base method.