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Asked: 2026-05-21T19:06:00+00:00

Ok. I am totally new to making custom controls in WPF so I need

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Ok. I am totally new to making custom controls in WPF so I need MUCH guidance. I want to make a breadcrumb button like in this article, but this time in WPF.
I think I can figure out myself how to draw the shapes… After much hard work but now I have another concern.
I literally NEED to get and use the background brush of a standard, unaltered System.Windows.Controls.Button when drawing my background!

Edit:

Please help me out…

<ResourceDictionary
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WPF_Bread_Crumb_Button"
    xmlns:my="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero">

    <Style TargetType="{x:Type local:Crumb}">
        <Setter Property="Control.Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:Crumb}">
                    <my:ButtonChrome Background="{TemplateBinding Control.Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Control.BorderBrush}" Name="Chrome" RenderDefaulted="{TemplateBinding Button.IsDefaulted}" RenderMouseOver="{TemplateBinding UIElement.IsMouseOver}" RenderPressed="{TemplateBinding ButtonBase.IsPressed}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                        <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.Content}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.ContentStringFormat}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.ContentTemplate}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding Control.HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Control.Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding UIElement.SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding Control.VerticalContentAlignment}" />
                    </my:ButtonChrome>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="UIElement.IsKeyboardFocused" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="my:ButtonChrome.RenderDefaulted" TargetName="Chrome" Value="True" />
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="ToggleButton.IsChecked" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="my:ButtonChrome.RenderPressed" TargetName="Chrome" Value="True" />
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="UIElement.IsEnabled" Value="False">
                            <Setter Property="Control.Foreground" Value="#FFADADAD" />
                        </Trigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
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  1. Editorial Team

    The default style can be found on MSDN (there is a link “Default WPF Themes”), just need to find the right gradient in the style.

    This is the default background:

        <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
        <GradientStop Color="#F3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
        <GradientStop Color="#EBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
        <GradientStop Color="#DDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
        <GradientStop Color="#CDCDCD" Offset="1"/>
    </LinearGradientBrush>
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