Getting Started with WPF Buttons

This tutorial will walk you through the creation of a sample application that contains Telerik buttons.

Assembly References

In order to use RadButtons in your project you have to add a reference to the following assemblies:

• Telerik.Windows.Controls

You can find the required assemblies for each control from the suite in the Controls Dependencies help article.

Adding Telerik Assemblies Using NuGet

To use RadButton when working with NuGet packages, install the Telerik.Windows.Controls.for.Wpf.Xaml package. The package name may vary slightly based on the Telerik dlls set - Xaml or NoXaml

Read more about NuGet installation in the Installing UI for WPF from NuGet Package article.

RadButton

Here is an example of a RadButton that executes some logic when it is clicked.

Example 1: Defining a button in XAML

<telerik:RadButton x:Name="radButton"  
                    HorizontalAlignment="Left" 
                    VerticalAlignment="Top" 
                    Click="radButton_Click" 
                    Content="Click Me!" /> 

Example 2: Defining a Click event handler

private void radButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) 
{ 
    //implement your logic here. 
} 

Private Sub radButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) 
    'implement your logic here. ' 
End Sub 

RadPathButton

The greatest advantage of this control is that users can visualize a custom path geometry in the button. Also, the geometry can be positioned relatively to the Content of the button. Here is an example of a RadPathButton that executes some logic when it is clicked.

Example 3: Defining a path button in XAML

<telerik:RadPathButton x:Name="pathButton" 
                   Width="100" 
                   Height="30" 
                   Margin="20" 
                   Click="pathButton_Click" 
                   ContentPlacement="Right" 
                   Content="Click Me!" 
                   PathGeometry="M3,7L9,7L9,4L13,8L9,12L9,9L3,9z" /> 

Example 4: Defining a Click event handler

private void pathButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) 
{ 
    //implement your logic here. 
} 

Private Sub pathButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) 
    'implement your logic here.' 
End Sub 

RadDropDownButton

Here is an example of a RadDropDownButton that contains a list of actions in its DropDown Content.

Example 5: Defining a drop down button

<telerik:RadDropDownButton HorizontalAlignment="Left"  
                           VerticalAlignment="Top" 
                           Content="Actions"> 
    <telerik:RadDropDownButton.DropDownContent> 
        <telerik:RadContextMenu> 
            <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Add" /> 
            <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Edit" /> 
            <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Delete" /> 
        </telerik:RadContextMenu> 
    </telerik:RadDropDownButton.DropDownContent> 
</telerik:RadDropDownButton> 

RadRadioButton

Here is an example of several RadRadioButtons placed in two groups.

Example 6: Defining a radio button

<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left"  
            VerticalAlignment="Top" 
            Orientation="Horizontal"> 
    <StackPanel Margin="0,0,20,0"> 
        <telerik:RadRadioButton Margin="0,0,0,5" Content="Male" /> 
        <telerik:RadRadioButton Content="Female" /> 
    </StackPanel> 
    <StackPanel> 
        <telerik:RadRadioButton Margin="0,0,0,5" Content="Over 18" /> 
        <telerik:RadRadioButton Content="Under 18" /> 
    </StackPanel> 
</StackPanel> 

RadSplitButton

Here is an example of a RadSplitButton definition, where a ListBox control is used to display a list of items in the RadSplitButton DropDownContent. The Content of the RadSplitButton is bound to the SelectedItem of the ListBox.

Example 7: Defining a split button

<telerik:RadSplitButton HorizontalAlignment="Left"  
                        VerticalAlignment="Top" 
                        Content="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.Content, ElementName=FindActions}"> 
    <telerik:RadSplitButton.DropDownContent> 
        <ListBox x:Name="FindActions" SelectionMode="Single"> 
            <ListBoxItem Content="Quick Find" IsSelected="True" /> 
            <ListBoxItem Content="Find in Files" /> 
            <ListBoxItem Content="Find Symbols" /> 
        </ListBox> 
    </telerik:RadSplitButton.DropDownContent> 
</telerik:RadSplitButton> 

RadToggleButton

Here is an example of a RadToggleButton that toggles the "Monthly Newsletter" feature of a form.

Example 8: Defining a toggle button

<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left"  
            VerticalAlignment="Top" 
            Orientation="Horizontal"> 
    <telerik:RadToggleButton Margin="0,0,10,0"> 
        <telerik:RadToggleButton.Content> 
            <Image Source="/Silverlight.Help.RadButtons;component/Demos/Images/newsletter.png" Stretch="None" /> 
        </telerik:RadToggleButton.Content> 
    </telerik:RadToggleButton> 
    <TextBlock Text="Send a monthly newsletter" /> 
</StackPanel> 

RadToggleSwitchButton

Here is an example of a RadToggleSwitchButton that switches between ON and OFF state.

Example 9: Defining a toggle switch button

<Grid> 
    <telerik:RadToggleSwitchButton ContentPosition="Both" CheckedContent="ON" UncheckedContent="OFF" /> 
</Grid> 

Setting a Theme

The controls from our suite support different themes. You can see how to apply a theme different than the default one in the Setting a Theme help article.

Changing the theme using implicit styles will affect all controls that have styles defined in the merged resource dictionaries. This is applicable only for the controls in the scope in which the resources are merged.

To change the theme, you can follow the steps below:

• Choose between the themes and add reference to the corresponding theme assembly (ex: Telerik.Windows.Themes.Fluent.dll). You can see the different themes applied in the Theming examples from our WPF Controls Examples application.

• Merge the ResourceDictionaries with the namespace required for the controls that you are using from the theme assembly. For the RadButton's, you will need to merge the following resources:

  • Telerik.Windows.Controls

Example 10 demonstrates how to merge the ResourceDictionaries so that they are applied globally for the entire application.

Example 10: Merge the ResourceDictionaries

<Application.Resources> 
    <ResourceDictionary> 
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> 
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Fluent;component/Themes/System.Windows.xaml"/> 
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Fluent;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.xaml"/> 
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> 
    </ResourceDictionary> 
</Application.Resources> 

Alternatively, you can use the theme of the control via the StyleManager.

Figure 1 shows a RadButtons with the Fluent theme applied.

Figure 1: RadButtons with the Fluent theme

Telerik UI for WPF Learning Resources

• Telerik UI for WPF Buttons Component
• Getting Started with Telerik UI for WPF Components
• Telerik UI for WPF Installation
• Telerik UI for WPF and WinForms Integration
• Telerik UI for WPF Visual Studio Templates
• Setting a Theme with Telerik UI for WPF
• Telerik UI for WPF Virtual Classroom (Training Courses for Registered Users)
• Telerik UI for WPF License Agreement

See Also

• Visual Structure
• Commands
• Events