im making an app who have a counter and a progressbar representing the time left, so if the counter reaches its 50%, the progressbar value is 50. So far so good, I make a progressbar animation of counter total and go.
My question is: How can I make the progressbar thicker? The line itself is too small and the "principal attraction" of my app is the progressbar and I want to make it bigger. Have I to make a template and using another control? (Like using a rectangle visually). I tried changing the progressbar to a rectangle but I don't know how to fill the 60% (e.g) of the rectangle.
Any ideas? Thank you!
This can be done in the progress bar's style.
In the default progress bar's style, you need to
- Add a Height to ProgressBar style,
say 30.
- Increase the Height of two Rectangles
ProgressBarTrack and
ProgressBarIndicator to 24. They are
inside the ProgressBar's ControlTemplate.
- Increase the Height of
HorizontalThumb to 24. It's inside
the PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle.
- In PhoneProgressBarSliderThumb
ConttrolTemplate, increase both the
Rectangle's Width and Height to 24.
Here is all styles just in case.:)
<ControlTemplate x:Key="PhoneProgressBarSliderThumb" TargetType="Thumb">
<Rectangle Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Height="24" IsHitTestVisible="False" Width="24"/>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle" TargetType="Slider">
<Setter Property="Maximum" Value="3000"/>
<Setter Property="Minimum" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Value" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Slider">
<Grid IsHitTestVisible="False">
<Grid x:Name="HorizontalTemplate">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<RepeatButton x:Name="HorizontalTrackLargeChangeDecreaseRepeatButton" Grid.Column="0" Height="0" Template="{x:Null}"/>
<Thumb x:Name="HorizontalThumb" Grid.Column="1" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Height="24" IsTabStop="False" Template="{StaticResource PhoneProgressBarSliderThumb}"/>
<RepeatButton x:Name="HorizontalTrackLargeChangeIncreaseRepeatButton" Grid.Column="2" Height="0" Template="{x:Null}"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ProgressBarStyle1" TargetType="ProgressBar">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="30"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Maximum" Value="100"/>
<Setter Property="IsHitTestVisible" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="{StaticResource PhoneHorizontalMargin}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ProgressBar">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Determinate"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Indeterminate">
<Storyboard Duration="00:00:04.4" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="IndeterminateRoot">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Storyboard.TargetName="DeterminateRoot">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Value" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider1">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.5" Value="1000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.0" Value="2000"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="3000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseIn" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Value" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider2">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.5" Value="1000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.0" Value="2000"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="3000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseIn" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.4" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Value" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider3">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.5" Value="1000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.0" Value="2000"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="3000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseIn" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.6" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Value" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider4">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.5" Value="1000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.0" Value="2000"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="3000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseIn" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.8" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Value" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider5">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.5" Value="1000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.0" Value="2000"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="3000">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseIn" Exponent="1"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider1">
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider2">
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.4" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider3">
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.6" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider4">
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00.8" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="Slider5">
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02.5" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="DeterminateRoot" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Visibility="Visible">
<Rectangle x:Name="ProgressBarTrack" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" Height="24" Opacity="0.1"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="ProgressBarIndicator" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="24"/>
</Grid>
<Border x:Name="IndeterminateRoot" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Visibility="Collapsed">
<Grid>
<Slider x:Name="Slider1" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle}"/>
<Slider x:Name="Slider2" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle}"/>
<Slider x:Name="Slider3" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle}"/>
<Slider x:Name="Slider4" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle}"/>
<Slider x:Name="Slider5" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneProgressBarSliderStyle}"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<ProgressBar Width="300" Background="White" Foreground="Red" Height="28" Margin="78,0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<ProgressBar.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform ScaleY="-5"/>
</ProgressBar.RenderTransform>
</ProgressBar>