WPF Button No Border No Background

Question

I just need a button so simple that it looks like a TextBlock. Some time ago I saw an answer on SO to style the button based on a static style for a button in a menu but I cannot find that answer (and I have been searching for an hour). Does anyone know what system style I am referring to and the syntax to apply that style to a button?

Solution 1

Is it maybe the style used for a button in a ToolBar that you're referring to? The ToolBar control overrides the Button style so they appear flat. You can apply that style to a button like this...

<Button Style="{StaticResource {x:Static ToolBar.ButtonStyleKey}}" />

Solution 2

If you want a button that looks like a TextBlock, you can make a button that is a TextBlock.

<Button Content="I'm a Button; click me">
    <Button.Template>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
            <TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
        </ControlTemplate>
    </Button.Template>
</Button>

Comments

[paparazzo]

Good answer and a better answer for my problem but lanR had the system style I was looking for. +1

[Jake Berger]

this method allows one to substitute in a clickable <Image /> (without all the button chrome).

[Jason Rae]

You may need to specify the type before Content for this to work. See stackoverflow.com/questions/4572304/wpf-inheriting-from-wind‌​ow

[Amanduh]

This has the benefit that you don't have to implement styles for when the button is moused-over or pressed

[Chef Pharaoh]

I would not consider this metro-style though since you don't get the features of mouseover and such without a lot more pain of manually inserting that code.

[Chef Pharaoh]

Awesome, just what I was looking for!!

[xandermonkey]

Is there a way to resize the button to the amount of text automatically?