WPF - How to add effects (like Shadow) to a Label

Question

I have a Label and want to add Shadow to it.

It seems like I can't apply the DropShadowBitmapEffect to it.

What else can I do?

Answer 1

You can do this for Example:

<Label Content="LabelText:" >
       <Label.BitmapEffect>
             <DropShadowBitmapEffect Color="Black" Direction="320" ShadowDepth="10" Opacity=".5" Softness="9" />
        </Label.BitmapEffect>
</Label>

Answer 2

The bitmap effects are obsolete since .NET 3.5 (SP1?). Use DropShadowEffect instead.

EDIT: Since the effects are obsolete for a while, in .NET 4.0 they are an empty code block, i.e. do nothing.