Set Full Page Height for Flyout - xaml

I want to display flyout-panel on the right side of my page and this panel must have the full height of the page.
Here is a XAML:
<Button Content="One" Grid.Column="0" Click="Button_Click_1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" />
<Button x:Name="TestButton" Content="TestButton" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<Button.Flyout>
<Flyout>
<StackPanel x:Name="FlyoutPanel" Margin="0 0 0 0">
<TextBlock>Some text</TextBlock>
<Button Click="Button_Click">Press me</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Flyout>
</Button.Flyout>
</Button>
<StackPanel x:Name="FlyoutPlacement" Grid.Column="2" Margin="0 0 0 0"/>
And here is a code to display the flyout panel on the right side of my page:
private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
FlyoutPanel.Height = Window.Current.Bounds.Height;
FlyoutPlacement.Height = Window.Current.Bounds.Height;
TestButton.Flyout.ShowAt(FlyoutPlacement);
}
Now my flyout-panel have a vertical scrollbar and the size which is smaller then the page size. How can I remove scrollbar and set the flyout-panel the full page size?

You need to edit the default FlyoutPresenterStyle:
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="FlyoutBackgroundThemeBrush" Color="#FF000000"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="FlyoutBorderThemeBrush" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<x:Double x:Key="FlyoutThemeMaxHeight">718</x:Double> <!-- Change to NaN -->
<x:Double x:Key="FlyoutThemeMaxWidth">450</x:Double> <!-- Change to NaN -->
<x:Double x:Key="FlyoutThemeMinHeight">54</x:Double>
<x:Double x:Key="FlyoutThemeMinWidth">70</x:Double>
<Thickness x:Key="FlyoutBorderThemeThickness">2</Thickness>
<Thickness x:Key="FlyoutContentThemePadding">20,17,20,20</Thickness> <!-- Change to 0 -->
<Style x:Key="FlyoutStyle" TargetType="FlyoutPresenter">
<Setter Property="RequestedTheme" Value="Light" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutBackgroundThemeBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutBorderThemeBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutBorderThemeThickness}"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutContentThemePadding}"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutThemeMinWidth}"/>
<Setter Property="MaxWidth" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutThemeMaxWidth}"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutThemeMinHeight}"/>
<Setter Property="MaxHeight" Value="{ThemeResource FlyoutThemeMaxHeight}"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollMode" Value="Auto" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode" Value="Auto" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto" /> <!-- Change to Hidden -->
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.ZoomMode" Value="Disabled" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="FlyoutPresenter">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<ScrollViewer x:Name="ScrollViewer"
ZoomMode="{TemplateBinding ScrollViewer.ZoomMode}"
HorizontalScrollMode="{TemplateBinding ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollMode}"
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="{TemplateBinding ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility}"
VerticalScrollMode="{TemplateBinding ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode}"
VerticalScrollBarVisibility="{TemplateBinding ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility}"
AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw">
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"
ContentTransitions="{TemplateBinding ContentTransitions}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
The main resources for your problem are FlyoutThemeMaxHeight, FlyoutThemeMaxWidth and FlyoutContentThemePadding. You need to set the max values to a very big number like I have put it for example NaN.
Then you set it as the FlyoutPresenterStyle:
<Flyout FlyoutPresenterStyle="{StaticResource FlyoutStyle}">
Also to hide the vertical scroll bar set ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility to Hidden.

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xaml style a border brush inside RibbonMenuItem

Im trying to style a RibbonMenuItem target type. the items inside are checkmark with border and contents. When IsMouseOver i want the border brush to be black.
The problem is there's not a borderbrush on the menuitem trigger property, and also im assuming the IsHighLighted is sort of like IsMouseOver property, so i make a seperate border style, and bind it to the style under trigger. i even tried to set the Opacity to a 1 value, but nothing seems to work
this is my code, as you can tell, im trying to override the ribbonmenuitem style
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TargetType="{x:Type Border}">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="2"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type RibbonMenuItem}"
TargetType="{x:Type RibbonMenuItem}">
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding
Path=HorizontalContentAlignment,RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=
{x:Type ItemsControl}}}" />
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding
Path=VerticalContentAlignment,RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=
{x:Type ItemsControl}}}" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="3,2,3,2" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type RibbonMenuItem}">
<Grid x:Name="MainGrid" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<Border x:Name="Border"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding
BorderThickness}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
CornerRadius="2">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
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<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="22"
Width="Auto"
SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIconColumnGroup" />
<!--Header column-->
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<!--Submenu arrow column-->
<ColumnDefinition Width="14" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border x:Name="PART_SideBarBorder"
BorderThickness="1"
Background="{DynamicResource
ThemeWindowBackgroundBrush}"
BorderBrush="{Binding RelativeSource=
{RelativeSource TemplatedParent},
Path=Ribbon.BorderBrush}"
MaxWidth="17"
MaxHeight="17">
<Grid x:Name="SideBarOverlay"
Background="{TemplateBinding
Background}">
<Image x:Name="Image"
Width="16"
Height="16"
Margin="4,3,6,1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Source="{TemplateBinding
ImageSource}" />
<Border x:Name="CheckMarkBorder"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding
BorderBrush}"
ClipToBounds="True">
<Path x:Name="CheckMark"
Visibility="Hidden"
Data="M 0 5 L 3 8 M 3 8 L 8 0"
Stretch="Uniform"
Stroke="{TemplateBinding
Foreground}"
StrokeEndLineCap="Round"
StrokeStartLineCap="Round"
Margin="2"
StrokeThickness="2" />
</Border>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ContentPresenter Grid.Column="1"
ContentSource="Header"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
RecognizesAccessKey="True" />
<Path x:Name="Arrow"
Visibility="Collapsed"
Grid.Column="2"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="ImageSource" Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter TargetName="Image" Property="Visibility"
Value="Collapsed" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsCheckable" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Arrow" Property="Visibility"
Value="Hidden" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="CheckMark" Property="Visibility"
Value="Visible" />
<Setter TargetName="CheckMarkBorder"
Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
<Setter TargetName="Image" Property="Visibility"
Value="Hidden" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="PART_SideBarBorder"
Property="Style" Value="
{StaticResource BorderThicknessStyle}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="Image" Property="Opacity"
Value="0.5" />
<Setter TargetName="Arrow" Property="Opacity"
Value="0.5" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This works for me. In the ControlTemplate.Triggers, you want to add the DataTrigger instead of Trigger.
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=IsHighlighted}"
Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="PART_SideBarBorder" Property="BorderBrush"
Value="Black"/>
</DataTrigger>

Remove padding on ListViewItem inside a flyout

I have the following flyout that i show when i press a button
<Flyout x:Name="saveDiscardMenu" Placement="Bottom" >
<Grid >
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ListView Name="SaveDiscardList" ItemClick="SaveDiscardList_ItemClick" >
<ListViewItem Style="{StaticResource ListViewItemPDF}">
<TextBlock x:Uid="SaveChanges" Name="saveChanges" Grid.Row="0" Tapped="saveChanges_Tapped"></TextBlock>
</ListViewItem>
<ListViewItem Style="{StaticResource ListViewItemPDF}">
<TextBlock x:Uid="DiscardChanges" Name="discardChanges" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,20,0,0" Tapped="discardChanges_Tapped" ></TextBlock>
</ListViewItem>
</ListView>
</Grid>
</Flyout>
it looks like this
and i use this as my ListViewItem style
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem" x:Key="ListViewItemPDF">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{ThemeResource ContentControlThemeFontFamily}" />
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{ThemeResource ControlContentThemeFontSize}" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="TabNavigation" Value="Local"/>
<Setter Property="IsHoldingEnabled" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
<ListViewItemPresenter
ContentTransitions="{TemplateBinding ContentTransitions}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
SelectionCheckMarkVisualEnabled="True"
CheckHintBrush="{ThemeResource ListViewItemCheckHintThemeBrush}"
CheckSelectingBrush="{ThemeResource ListViewItemCheckSelectingThemeBrush}"
CheckBrush="{ThemeResource ListViewItemCheckThemeBrush}"
DragBackground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemDragBackgroundThemeBrush}"
DragForeground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemDragForegroundThemeBrush}"
FocusBorderBrush="{ThemeResource ListViewItemFocusBorderThemeBrush}"
PlaceholderBackground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemPlaceholderBackgroundThemeBrush}"
PointerOverBackground="{StaticResource MyLightBlue}"
SelectedBorderThickness="{ThemeResource ListViewItemCompactSelectedBorderThemeThickness}"
SelectedBackground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemSelectedBackgroundThemeBrush}"
SelectedForeground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemSelectedForegroundThemeBrush}"
SelectedPointerOverBackground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemSelectedPointerOverBackgroundThemeBrush}"
SelectedPointerOverBorderBrush="{ThemeResource ListViewItemSelectedPointerOverBorderThemeBrush}"
DisabledOpacity="{ThemeResource ListViewItemDisabledThemeOpacity}"
DragOpacity="{ThemeResource ListViewItemDragThemeOpacity}"
ReorderHintOffset="{ThemeResource ListViewItemReorderHintThemeOffset}"
HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
PointerOverBackgroundMargin="1"
ContentMargin="4" />
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
What i would like to know is how to remove the left and right padding each items appears to have, i've tried setting the margins and padding to 0 but it allways seem to have a space between the sides of the items and the edge of the flyout.
Since I just got poked for my bad habit of so many quickie answers in comments...
Looking at the structure of the default control style template for FlyoutPresenter we notice there's a padding bound to a resource of;
<Thickness x:Key="FlyoutContentThemePadding">12,11,12,12</Thickness>
Which is often the culprit when you notice your Flyout content getting a bit squished. While yes ListView and other ItemsControl variants generally have their own templated Paddings/Margins that can interfere, the more we embed something into additional templated controls, the more layers there are to sort through to find our culprit.
Glad it helped. :)
Try to override Margin and Padding in ItemContainerStyle:
<ListView>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
</ListView>
Might be MinWidth and MinHeight will be required to set 0 as well.

Change windows DatePicker's pressed state style

I am developing an application for Windows Phone 8.1. I am trying to edit the windows default DatePicker style. I have succeeded in adding an image in place of the DatePicker using this style
<Style x:Key="DatePickerStyle" TargetType="DatePicker">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{ThemeResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{ThemeResource ContentControlFontSize}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{ThemeResource DatePickerForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="DatePicker">
<StackPanel x:Name="LayoutRoot" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="HeaderContentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Margin="0,0,0,-3" Style="{StaticResource HeaderContentPresenterStyle}" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
<Button x:Name="FlyoutButton" BorderThickness="2.5" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsEnabled="{TemplateBinding IsEnabled}" Padding="6.5,0,0,3" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="{x:Null}" Height="100" Width="100" Content=" ">
<Button.Background>
<ImageBrush Stretch="Uniform" ImageSource="/Assets/calendaricon.png"/>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
But when the DatePicker is pressed, it still shows the old DatePicker style instead of the new style that I have set. I tried to figure out how to set the pressed state style of the date picker but I couldn't figure it out. I want the same normal state style to be used for the datepicker for all its states. How can I achieve this?
Instead of setting the background of the button(FlyoutButton) set the content template of the button(FlyoutButton).
Here is the code:
<Style x:Key="DatePickerStyle" TargetType="DatePicker">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{ThemeResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{ThemeResource ContentControlFontSize}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{ThemeResource DatePickerForegroundThemeBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="DatePicker">
<StackPanel x:Name="LayoutRoot" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="HeaderContentPresenter" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Margin="0,0,0,-3" Style="{StaticResource HeaderContentPresenterStyle}" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
<Button x:Name="FlyoutButton"
BorderThickness="2.5"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
IsEnabled="{TemplateBinding IsEnabled}"
Padding="6.5,0,0,3"
BorderBrush="{x:Null}"
Foreground="{x:Null}"
Height="100"
Width="100"
>
<Button.ContentTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid >
<Image Stretch="Uniform"
Source="/Assets/calendaricon.png"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</Button.ContentTemplate>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

How do I remove ListView GroupStyle Header seperator line?

In ListViews on windows universal platform, there is an ugly seperator line below the group header, when you use ListView grouping. Even Microsoft themselves removed this line in their Apps. In the Live Visual Tree you can see that it is a rectangle in a GridViewHeaderItem. I've read that it's possible to set its height to 0. How can I do this?
Here's the code which sets the text of the header item:
<ListView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle HidesIfEmpty="True" >
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
</GroupStyle>
</ListView.GroupStyle>
You can find all the default styles in generic.xaml at
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
Kits\10\DesignTime\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\UAP\10.0.10240.0\Generic
Digging into that file, you'll find the default style for the ListViewHeaderItem as well:
<!-- Default style for Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ListViewHeaderItem -->
<Style TargetType="ListViewHeaderItem">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{ThemeResource ContentControlThemeFontFamily}" />
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="{ThemeResource ListViewHeaderItemThemeFontSize}" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,0,4"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="12,8,12,0"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left" />
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Top" />
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="{ThemeResource ListViewHeaderItemMinHeight}"/>
<Setter Property="UseSystemFocusVisuals" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewHeaderItem">
<StackPanel Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentPresenter"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"
ContentTransitions="{TemplateBinding ContentTransitions}"
HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
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StrokeThickness="0.5"
Height="1"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="12,8,12,0"/>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Simply copy over that style into your project's ResourceDictionary and remove the culprit Rectangle (so only the ContentPresenter is left as child element).
<Rectangle Stroke="{ThemeResource SystemControlForegroundBaseLowBrush}"
StrokeThickness="0.5"
Height="1"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="12,8,12,0"/>

Create Animation for ComboBoxItem

I created a style and controltemplate for my ComboBox and I would like to dress it up with an animation.
How do I create a storyboard animation for when I hover in a ComboBoxItem the highlight will fade in and once I hover out, the highlight fades out as well? Thanks!
Here is my code so far:
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<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTextBox" TargetType="TextBox">
<!--THIS MUST BE NAMED AS Part_ContentHost-->
<Border x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Focusable="False" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
</ControlTemplate>
<!--ComboBox Style. Uses ComboBoxToggleButton to expand and collapse a Popup control SimpleScrollViewer to all items to be scrolled and SimpleComboBoxItem to define the look of each item. The Popup shows a list of items in a StackPanel-->
<Style TargetType="ComboBox">
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ComboBox">
<Grid>
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<ToggleButton Grid.Column="2" Template="{DynamicResource ComboBoxToggleButton}" x:Name="ToggleButton" Focusable="False" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"/>
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<TextBox Visibility="Hidden" Template="{DynamicResource ComboBoxTextBox}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="3,3,23,3" x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox" Style="{x:Null}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Focusable="True" IsReadOnly="{TemplateBinding IsReadOnly}" />
<!-- The Popup shows the list of items in the ComboBox. IsOpen is databound to IsDropDownOpen which is toggled via the ComboBoxToggleButton -->
<Popup IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsDropDownOpen}" Placement="Bottom" x:Name="Popup" Focusable="False" AllowsTransparency="True" PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Grid MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}" MinWidth="{TemplateBinding ActualWidth}" x:Name="DropDown" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<Border x:Name="DropDownBorder" Background="{DynamicResource ComboBoxWindowBackgroundBrush}" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource ComboBoxSolidBorderBrush}" BorderThickness="1"/>
<ScrollViewer Margin="4,6,4,6" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" CanContentScroll="True">
<!-- The StackPanel is used to display the children by setting IsItemsHost to be True -->
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Popup>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
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<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="95" TargetName="DropDownBorder"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource ComboBoxDisabledForegroundBrush}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="AllowsTransparency" SourceName="Popup" Value="true">
<Setter Property="CornerRadius" Value="4" TargetName="DropDownBorder"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,2,0,0" TargetName="DropDownBorder"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEditable" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="false"/>
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" TargetName="PART_EditableTextBox"/>
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden" TargetName="ContentSite"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<!--This is used for each item inside of the ComboBox. You can change the selected color of each item below-->
<Style TargetType="ComboBoxItem">
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="true"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ComboBoxItem}">
<Grid SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.004*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.996*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border x:Name="BorderItem" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"/>
<Border x:Name="BorderSelectedItem" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<Path x:Name="ItemSelectedArrow" Data="M0.5,0.25 L0.5,22.25 19.5,22.25 z" Fill="#FFFFB14C" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="10.248" Height="10" Stretch="Fill" StrokeThickness="0" Margin="-0.376,-0.168,0,-0.332" Grid.Column="1" Visibility="Hidden">
</Path>
</Border>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentSite" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" Margin="2,2,0,2"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<!-- Change IsHighlighted SelectedBackgroundBrush to set the selection color for the items -->
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<!--<Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ComboBoxSelectedBackgroundBrush}" TargetName="BorderSelectedItem"/>-->
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" TargetName="ItemSelectedArrow"/>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="10,2,0,2" TargetName="ContentSite"/>
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ComboBoxHighlightBackgroundBrush}" TargetName="BorderItem"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource ComboBoxDisabledForegroundBrush}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
So with your Item Template opened in blend go to your States Tab (Or just do it directly in your VisualStateManager XAML for your MouseOver State) and for starters adjust your Time Duration to a longer time to decrease the speed of the transition and make the fade effect appear. You can also set your Transition Effect and Easing Function to provide some further coolness to your simple transition. It's easiest just using blend but here's a quick n dirty xaml example that might give a better idea. Hope it helps, good luck!
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition From="Normal" **GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"** To="MouseOver">
<VisualTransition.GeneratedEasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseIn" Exponent="7"/>
</VisualTransition.GeneratedEasingFunction>
</VisualTransition>
<VisualTransition From="MouseOver" **GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"** To="Normal">
<VisualTransition.GeneratedEasingFunction>
<CircleEase EasingMode="EaseIn"/>
</VisualTransition.GeneratedEasingFunction>
</VisualTransition>
<VisualTransition GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="MouseOverBorder">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1"/>
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.0500000" Value="1.0" KeySpline="0,0,0.0299999993294477,0.920000016689301"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ColorAnimation Duration="0" To="{StaticResource BaseColor2}" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Control.Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Storyboard.TargetName="contentPresenter" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>