Customizing Button Styles

This article describes how to customize the buttons appearance by modifying their styles.

To customize the button styles, you can define a Style object and set the needed button properties.

To modify the template of a button, you can set the Template property.

The following example shows how to define implicit styles for all available RadButton elements. An implicit style is a Style object without its x:Key set, which will apply it to all elements of the corresponding TargetType in the style's scope.

Implicit styles for the RadButton elements

• XAML

<Window.Resources> 
    <!-- In case you are using the NoXaml version of the Telerik dlls, you should also set the BasedOn property of the Style -->         
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadButtonStyle}">  --> 
     <Style TargetType="telerik:RadButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Red"/>  
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="2"/>  
        <Setter Property="Template"> 
            <Setter.Value> 
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="telerik:RadButton"> 
                    <!-- customize the template if needed --> 
                </ControlTemplate> 
            </Setter.Value> 
        </Setter> 
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadDropDownButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadDropDownButtonStyle}">  --> 
     <Style TargetType="telerik:RadDropDownButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Red"/>  
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="2"/>  
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadRadioButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadRadioButtonStyle}">  --> 
    <Style TargetType="telerik:RadRadioButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Bisque"/>  
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadSplitButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadSplitButtonStyle}">  --> 
    <Style TargetType="telerik:RadSplitButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Bisque"/>  
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadToggleButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadToggleButtonStyle}">  --> 
    <Style TargetType="telerik:RadToggleButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Bisque"/>  
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadToggleSwitchButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadToggleSwitchButtonStyle}">  --> 
    <Style TargetType="telerik:RadToggleSwitchButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Bisque"/>  
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadPathButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadPathButtonStyle}">  --> 
    <Style TargetType="telerik:RadPathButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Bisque"/>  
    </Style>  
 
    <!-- <Style TargetType="telerik:RadHyperlinkButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadHyperlinkButtonStyle}">  --> 
    <Style TargetType="telerik:RadHyperlinkButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>  
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Bisque"/>  
    </Style>  
</Window.Resources> 

If you need to apply a custom Style to a specific button instance, you can set its x:Key and then assign the Style property of the button.

An explicit style for assigned to a RadButton element

• XAML

<Window.Resources> 
    <!-- In case you are using the NoXaml version of the Telerik dlls, you should also set the BasedOn property of the Style -->                 
    <!-- <Style x:Key="CustomButtonStyle" TargetType="telerik:RadButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource RadButtonStyle}">  --> 
     <Style x:Key="CustomButtonStyle" TargetType="telerik:RadButton">  
        <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>             
    </Style>         
</Window.Resources>  
<!-- --> 
<telerik:RadButton Style="{StaticResource CustomButtonStyle}" /> 

In case you need to modify the ControlTemplate of a button, you can open the Telerik.Windows.Controls.xaml file and copy the template of the corresponding button in your project, and then change it as needed.