Change Background color of MenuItem on MouseOver

Question

I want to change the default background color of a MenuItem at mouseOver. Here is my xaml code:

Style :

<Style TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}" x:Key="MenuItemStyle" >
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="White"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0,0,0,5"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#0264AD"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Arial"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="-5,0,0,0"></Setter>
        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0,12,0,12"></Setter>

        <Style.Triggers>
            <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="LightGray"></Setter>
                <Setter Property="Background" Value="#0264AD"></Setter>
            </Trigger>
            <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver"  Value="True">
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#0264AD"></Setter>
                <Setter Property="Background" Value="Yellow"></Setter>
            </Trigger>
        </Style.Triggers>

    </Style>

Control :

<ContextMenu x:Name="settingContextMenu"  Width="220" >

<MenuItem Style="{StaticResource MenuItemStyle}"        Name="CustomizeLocationNames" Click="CustomizeLocationNames_Click" >

      <MenuItem.Header>
           <TextBlock Text="Customize Location Names"                                      VerticalAlignment="Center"></TextBlock>
       </MenuItem.Header>
</MenuItem>


<MenuItem Style="{StaticResource MenuItemStyle}"  Name="ZoomRoute" Click="ZoomRoute_Click">
   <MenuItem.Header>
       <TextBlock Text="Zoom Route" VerticalAlignment="Center"></TextBlock>
   </MenuItem.Header>  
</MenuItem>


<MenuItem Style="{StaticResource MenuItemStyle}" Name="PrintRoute" Click="PrintRoute_Click">
    <MenuItem.Header>
         <TextBlock Text="Print Route" VerticalAlignment="Center" >/TextBlock>
    </MenuItem.Header>
</MenuItem>


</ContextMenu>

So I have mouse over trigger which should turn background color to yellow if mouse is over, but it is showing default light grey color as shown in snap,

Can anyone tell me how to get background color YELLOW on mouse over?

Answer 1

Your style is not applying because the default control template of a MenuItem has a trigger that applies a color when "IsHighlighted" is true. A ControlTemplate's triggers always takes priority over a style's triggers.

Add this to your style setters:

<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
    <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
        <Border x:Name="Bd" Padding="17,0,17,0" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Uid="Border_38">
            <ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentPresenter"  Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Grid.Column="1" ContentSource="Header" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" Uid="ContentPresenter_33"/>
        </Border>
        <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
            <Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
                <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="Yellow"/>
                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="Bd" Value="#FF26A0DA"/>
            </Trigger>
        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
    </ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>

Answer 2

I simplified the example.

Define this in the Resources:

<Style
    x:Key="MenuItemStyle"
    TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="WhiteSmoke" />
    <Style.Triggers>
        <Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black" />
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="WhiteSmoke" />
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

Then use this in the MenuItem:

<MenuItem
    Header="_File"
    Style="{StaticResource MenuItemStyle}">