Outer bevel effect on text in WPF

Question

Is it possible to apply an outer bevel effect to the label text in WPF?

as for me, the Glo

Answer 1

Ah, okay I understand your problem better.

Try something like this:

<Grid>
   <Grid.Resources>
       <OuterGlowBitmapEffect GlowColor="Blue" GlowSize="5" x:key="Glow" />
   </Grid.Resources>
   <Label Content="Blah!" BitmapEffect="{StaticResource Glow}" />
</Grid>

I get "Blah!" with a blue glow. Seems like a decent work around since Label's content can't be set twice.

Hope that helps!

EDIT: This won't work unless you're using Framework 3.5 as BitmapEffect has been deprecated. :(

Answer 2

I'm not particularly happy with this 'solution':

<TextBlock Text="Hello World!" Foreground="Red">
   <TextBlock.Effect>
      <BlurEffect Radius="1" KernelType="Box" />
   </TextBlock.Effect>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Text="Hello World!" />

Other option is to make your own pixel shader, I'm not very good at that so I'm afraid that I cant help you :/

edit: Better solution, still not bevel though.

<TextBlock Text="Hello World!">
   <TextBlock.Effect>
      <DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="2" Color="Red" Direction="0" ShadowDepth="0" />
   </TextBlock.Effect>
</TextBlock>

Answer 3

Here's a way to get Glow-effect on Text. Using the OutlinedText control from this link which offers Stroke.

<local:OutlinedText FontSize="100"
                    Fill="Black"
                    Bold="True"
                    Stroke="White"
                    StrokeThickness="3"
                    Text="Glow">
    <local:OutlinedText.Effect>
        <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0"
                          Color="White"
                          Opacity="1"
                          BlurRadius="12"/>
    </local:OutlinedText.Effect>
</local:OutlinedText>

Update
This is the closest I've come to a Bevel effect but it doesn't work very well. Used the approach from this link.

<Style x:Key="ContentControlStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
                <Grid>
                    <TextBlock Name="Highlight" Foreground="#66FFFFFF" Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
                    <TextBlock Name="Shadow" Margin="0,4,0,0" Foreground="#CC000000" Text="{TemplateBinding Content}"/>
                    <ContentPresenter Margin="0,2,0,0"/>
                </Grid>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

<ContentControl Style="{DynamicResource ContentControlStyle1}" FontSize="101" Foreground="DarkGray" Content="Bevel"/>

Answer 4

Followintg Oggy's suggestion:

<Label.Effect>
    <DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="5" 
                      Color="Red" 
                      Opacity="1" 
                      ShadowDepth="0" />
</Label.Effect>

Answer 5

As far as i know this could of work:

<Label Content="Hi there!">
<Label.BitmapEffect>
<OuterGlowBitmapEffect/>
</Label.BitmapEffect>
</Label>

I have NOT tested this in a label, but i has worked for me in other controls and shapes, also, check out all the effect list IntelliSense gives you :)