In Silverlight, I need the message box of a BusyIndicator to be transparent.
I found a question asking the same but without any solution:
Silverlight BusyIndicator Background Colour
Part of the code I have is as follows:
<toolkit:BusyIndicator x:Name="WorkingLayout" Height="80">
<toolkit:BusyIndicator.BusyContent>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="Wait please..." HorizontalAlignment="Center"></TextBlock>
<Button x:Name="CancelButton" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Content="Cancel" Width="100" Click="CancelButton_Click" />
</StackPanel>
</toolkit:BusyIndicator.BusyContent>
<!-- Rest of component code -->
</toolkit:BusyIndicator>
Is there a way to make all the content background transparent, including the box containing the message, not in grey gradient as it comes as default?
I tried to set the property Background to transparent like that:
<toolkit:BusyIndicator x:Name="WorkingLayout" Height="80" Background="Transparent">
But it didn't work.
You can get what you want, you just have to edit the template to suit your needs. In expression blend,
- Right click the busy indicator, select edit template, edit a copy
- Inside the template, find the progress bar, and delete it
If you want to remove the gray box, move the Content presenter up to a higher grid, and delete the border objects
here is one sample busyindicator i made,
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="toolkit:BusyIndicator">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="VisibilityStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Hidden">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="busycontent" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="overlay" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Visible">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="busycontent" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="overlay" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[2].(RotateTransform.Angle)" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="360"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="BusyStatusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Idle">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.IsEnabled)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<System:Boolean>True</System:Boolean>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Busy">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.001" Storyboard.TargetName="content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.IsEnabled)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<System:Boolean>False</System:Boolean>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<ContentControl x:Name="content" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="overlay" Style="{TemplateBinding OverlayStyle}"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="busycontent">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Ellipse x:Name="ellipse" Margin="-13,-46,-15,-44" StrokeThickness="15" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<Ellipse.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform/>
<SkewTransform/>
<RotateTransform/>
<TranslateTransform/>
</TransformGroup>
</Ellipse.RenderTransform>
<Ellipse.Stroke>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.94"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Ellipse.Stroke>
</Ellipse>
<ContentPresenter Margin="8,8,12,8" Content="{TemplateBinding BusyContent}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding BusyContentTemplate}"/>
</Grid>
</ContentPresenter>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<toolkit:BusyIndicator Background="Transparent" Style="{StaticResource BusyIndicatorStyle1}" BorderThickness="0" x:Name="WorkingLayout" Height="80" Margin="65,110,123,110">
<!--<toolkit:BusyIndicator.OverlayStyle>
<Style TargetType="Rectangle">
<Setter Property="Fill" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>
</Style>
</toolkit:BusyIndicator.OverlayStyle>-->
<toolkit:BusyIndicator.BusyContent>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="Wait please..." HorizontalAlignment="Center"></TextBlock>
<Button x:Name="CancelButton" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Content="Cancel" Width="100" />
</StackPanel>
</toolkit:BusyIndicator.BusyContent>
<!-- Rest of component code -->
</toolkit:BusyIndicator>
</Grid>
Change the stackpanel background to transparent.