app.xaml

I have a few styles in my App.xaml file: <SolidColorBrush x:Key="styleBlue" Color="#FF4B77BE"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="styleRed" Color="#FFF64747"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="styleOrange" Color="#FFF89406"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="styleGreen" Color="#FF1BBC9B"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="styleYellow" Color="#FFF9BF3B"/> <Style x:Key="stackpanelBackground" TargetType="StackPanel"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource styleBlue}"/> </Style> I want to change the BackgroundProperty in the code of my mainpage.xaml.cs . I tried using this: Style style = Application.Current.Resources[

I am working with icons.XAML images, inserting them into buttons above a text block. Everything looks great until I hover over the image itself. A gray box appears over the picture only: How do I get rid of the gray box? Here is one of the icons: <Canvas x:Key="appbar_cog" Width="38" Height="46" Clip="F1 M 0,0L 76,0L 76,76L 0,76L 0,0" Background="Transparent"> <Path Width="37.6263" Height="37.6262" Canvas.Left="15" Canvas.Top="5" Stretch="Fill" Fill="#FF5DBEBE" Data="F1 M 27.5314,21.8628L 33.0126,19.4224L 34.7616,23.3507C 36.6693,22.9269 38.6044,22.8903 40.4668,23.2026L 42.0083,19.1868L 47