Link button in wpf

Question

How can I make Button to look like LinkButton, and I don't want to use Hyperlink...!!

Any suggestions

Answer 1

If you don't want any of the normal Button style and just want something that looks like a hyperlink you could start with this

<Button Margin="5" Content="Test" Cursor="Hand">
    <Button.Template>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
            <TextBlock TextDecorations="Underline">
                <ContentPresenter />
            </TextBlock>
        </ControlTemplate>
    </Button.Template>
    <Button.Style>
        <Style TargetType="Button">
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
            <Style.Triggers>
                <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
                    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red" />
                </Trigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
        </Style>
    </Button.Style>
</Button>

Here's the same as a style:

<Style
    x:Key="LinkButton"
    TargetType="Button">
    <Setter
        Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate
                TargetType="Button">
                <TextBlock
                    TextDecorations="Underline">
                <ContentPresenter /></TextBlock>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter
        Property="Foreground"
        Value="Blue" />
    <Style.Triggers>
        <Trigger
            Property="IsMouseOver"
            Value="true">
            <Setter
                Property="Foreground"
                Value="Red" />
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

and you can use it like this:

<Button Style="{StaticResource LinkButton}" Content="Clicky" />

Answer 2

<Style x:Key="LinkButton" 
       TargetType="Button"
       BasedOn="{StaticResource ResourceKey={x:Type Button}}"
       >

    <Setter Property="Width" Value="Auto"/>

    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
                <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" 
                                  ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding  ContentTemplate}"
                                  VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                  >
                    <ContentPresenter.Resources>
                        <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
                            <Setter Property="TextDecorations" Value="Underline" />
                        </Style>
                    </ContentPresenter.Resources>
                </ContentPresenter>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
    <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
    <Style.Triggers>
        <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red" />
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

MichaC's and Anderson's version placed the underline slightly wrong, here is an updated version that will just add an underline to any TextBlock that are inside the ContentPresenter.

Answer 3

Here's MichaC's suggestion implemented as a Style that you can reuse on any button:

<Style x:Key="LinkButton" TargetType="Button">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
                <TextBlock TextDecorations="Underline">
                    <ContentPresenter />
                </TextBlock>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
    <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
    <Style.Triggers>
        <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red" />
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>