I want to create a On/Off button in WPF and I want it to change its appearance when the user clicks it (if it was on switch to off, if it wad off switch to on) using images. I added the images I want to use to the resources:
<Window.Resources>
<Image x:Key="Off1" Source="/WPFApplication;component/Images/off_button.png" Height="30" Width="70" />
<Image x:Key="On1" Source="/WPFApplication;component/Images/on_button.png" Height="30" Width="70"/>
</Window.Resources>
And the event code is, "flag" is a Boolean local variable initialize as true:
private void OnOff1Btn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (flag)
{
OnOff1Btn.Content = FindResource("Off1");
flag = false;
}
else
{
OnOff1Btn.Content = FindResource("On1");
flag = true;
}
}
Now I need to create 2 on/off buttons, that behave the same. When I tried to use the same resources for the second button I got an exception:
Specified element is already the logical child of another element. Disconnect it first.
Can I use the same images resources in the second button or do I have to add the images again as resources with different Key?
Set Shared in your style to false
<StackPanel >
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Image x:Key="flag" Source="flag-italy-icon.png" Width="10" x:Shared="false"/>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<ContentControl Content="{DynamicResource flag}" />
<ContentControl Content="{DynamicResource flag}" />
You should use BitmapImage for image sharing.
<BitmapImage x:Key="Off1" UriSource="/WPFApplication;component/Images/off_button.png" Height="30" Width="70" />
<BitmapImage x:Key="On1" UriSource="/WPFApplication;component/Images/on_button.png" Height="30" Width="70"/>
After that you can create Multiple Image with BitmapImage
In XAML
<Button ..>
<Button.Content>
<Image Source="{StaticResource Off1}" />
</Button.Content>
</Button>
In Code
Image image = new Image();
image.Source = FindResource("Off1");
OnOff1Btn.Content = image;
While @Tilak's solution is definitely one way to go, you can also do this via Style.Triggers
Here's an example (with the assumption that Flag
is a public property exposing flag):
<Button Content="{StaticResource On1}">
<Button.Style>
<Style>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Flag}" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Content" Value="{StaticResource Off1}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
</Button>
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