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  1. POHow do I make a WPF button look like a link?
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    copied!<p>I want to use buttons in <strong>WPF</strong> that are styled like links. Microsoft does this (seemingly inconsistently) in its Windows dialog boxes.</p> <p>They look like blue text. And change color and underline when the mouse cursor hovers over.</p> <h2><strong>Example:</strong></h2> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xvZ8j.jpg" alt="LinkButton in Windows 7"></p> <p>I got it working. (thanks to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/780426/link-button-in-wpf/3564706#3564706">Christian</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/780426/link-button-in-wpf/2918332#2918332">Anderson Imes</a>, and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/780426/link-button-in-wpf/780763#780763">MichaC</a>) But, I had to put a <code>TextBlock</code> inside my button. </p> <p>How can I improve my style&mdash;to make it work without requiring the TextBlock inside my Button?</p> <h2>Usage XAML</h2> <pre><code>&lt;Button Style="{StaticResource HyperlinkLikeButton}"&gt; &lt;TextBlock&gt;Edit&lt;/TextBlock&gt; &lt;/Button&gt; </code></pre> <h2>Style XAML</h2> <pre><code>&lt;Style x:Key="HyperlinkLikeButton" TargetType="Button"&gt; &lt;Setter Property="Template"&gt; &lt;Setter.Value&gt; &lt;ControlTemplate TargetType="Button"&gt; &lt;ContentPresenter /&gt; &lt;/ControlTemplate&gt; &lt;/Setter.Value&gt; &lt;/Setter&gt; &lt;Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HotTrackBrushKey}}" /&gt; &lt;Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" /&gt; &lt;Style.Triggers&gt; &lt;Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true"&gt; &lt;Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}" /&gt; &lt;Setter Property="Template"&gt; &lt;Setter.Value&gt; &lt;ControlTemplate TargetType="Button"&gt; &lt;ControlTemplate.Resources&gt; &lt;Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}"&gt; &lt;Setter Property="TextDecorations" Value="Underline" /&gt; &lt;/Style&gt; &lt;/ControlTemplate.Resources&gt; &lt;ContentPresenter /&gt; &lt;/ControlTemplate&gt; &lt;/Setter.Value&gt; &lt;/Setter&gt; &lt;/Trigger&gt; &lt;/Style.Triggers&gt; &lt;/Style&gt; </code></pre>
 

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