Remove underline in HyperlinkButton - xaml

Question

I'm using Blend + Sketchflow Preview for Visual Studio 2012, I want to remove underlines from a HyperlinkButton.
Here is my code:
<HyperlinkButton x:Name="PoliciesTxt" Content="Policies" FontSize="18.667" Foreground="#FF003366" NavigateUri="http://google.com" FontWeight="Bold" CharacterSpacing="-1"/>
I've already tried using the TextDecorations attribute but it doesn't exist in this version of XAML.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

You must change the default style HyperlinkButton, copy the code below on your this App.xaml file.
First you must add the following namespace in App.xaml
xmlns:vsm="clr-namespace:System.Windows;assembly=System.Windows"
<Application.Resources>
<Style x:Key="HyperlinkButtonStyle" x:Name="HyperlinkButtonStyle" TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF73A9D8" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2,0,2,0"/>
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Top"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
<Grid Cursor="{TemplateBinding Cursor}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<vsm:VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<vsm:VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<vsm:VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<vsm:VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="UnderlineTextBlock" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Duration="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</vsm:VisualState>
<vsm:VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="UnderlineTextBlock" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Duration="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</vsm:VisualState>
<vsm:VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="DisabledOverlay" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility" Duration="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</vsm:VisualState>
</vsm:VisualStateGroup>
<vsm:VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<vsm:VisualState x:Name="Focused">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Duration="0" To="1"/>
</Storyboard>
</vsm:VisualState>
<vsm:VisualState x:Name="Unfocused"/>
</vsm:VisualStateGroup>
</vsm:VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<TextBlock
x:Name="UnderlineTextBlock"
Text="{TemplateBinding Content}"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
TextDecorations="Underline"
Visibility="Collapsed"/>
<TextBlock Canvas.ZIndex="1"
x:Name="DisabledOverlay"
Text="{TemplateBinding Content}"
Foreground="#FFAAAAAA"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Visibility="Collapsed"/>
<ContentPresenter
x:Name="contentPresenter"
Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualElement" Stroke="#FF6DBDD1" StrokeThickness="1" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="false" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
And you also have to apply the style to HyperlinkButton
<HyperlinkButton X:Name="Link" Content="Hola" Style="{StaticResource HyperlinkButtonStyle}"/>

Answer 2

Add the following Resrouce to your page (in my case I have just added it to the App.xaml page)
<!--Application Resources-->
<Application.Resources>
<Style x:Key="HyperlinkButtonStyle" TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="16"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="HyperlinkButton">
<Border Background="Transparent">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" Storyboard.TargetName="TextElement"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" To="0.5" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextElement"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Margin="{StaticResource
PhoneHorizontalMargin}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" >
<TextBlock x:Name="TextElement" Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" HorizontalAlignment="
{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding
VerticalContentAlignment}" TextWrapping="Wrap" TextDecorations="none"/>
</Border>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
Now all you need to do is drop a HyperlinkButton control onto the page and set the style as follows:
<HyperlinkButton Style="HyperlinkButtonStyle" />