How to disable TextBlock?

Question

I want my TextBlock to look disabled (grayed out) but when I set IsEnabled property to false nothing happens, it stays black:

<TextBlock Text="test" IsEnabled="False" /> 

Why is that?

Also I tried to use Label but it's size is bigger for some reason, so it will mess up all my layout.

Answer 1

This would be the proper way to do it with a TextBlock i think:

<TextBlock Text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit">     <TextBlock.Style>         <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">             <Style.Triggers>                 <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">                     <Setter Property="Foreground"                             Value="{StaticResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>                 </Trigger>             </Style.Triggers>         </Style>     </TextBlock.Style> </TextBlock> 

Answer 2

I played a little and found out that half opacity is giving the same resultat as IsEnabled="False".

<TextBlock Text="test" Opacity="0.5" /> 

Advantage : it fits to every Foreground color.