
The Popup also provides animation features which adds to the power of the Popup control. WPF Popups is an impressive control that allows you to create any form of popup. When you run the above code you will get the following result: The above XAML code will create a curve which we will show you in a moment. Take a look at the following code in the App.XAML file. Let's create a Popup that you most commonly see in the newspaper cartoons. When you run the above application you will see the following result. Now, we can apply the above template to the Label control as shown below: In the App.XAML file we will define the template to render Label as an Ellipse control.
#Wpf popup window full
A Popup control supports animation when the AllowsTransparency property is set to true and the application is running with full trust. A Popup displays its content in its own window on the screen. We have previously discussed this scenario in the article Introduction to WPF Control Templates. When Popup is displayed on the screen, it does not reposition itself if its parent is repositioned. So, to display the text in the center of the Ellipse we need to transform a control with a Content property to an Ellipse control. The other problem will the Ellipse control is that it cannot display the text. You can easily remove those black edges buy setting the AllowsTransparency property to true on the Popup control.
#Wpf popup window how to
Let's see how to create a Popup which looks like an Ellipse control.Īs, you can see in the above image the Popup is displayed correctly but the Ellipse is sourrounded by black edges. The StaysOpen property is used to hide the power when the popup looses focus.Īs mentioned before a Popup control can contain any other control which gives it a flexibility to change its appearance. The code above opens the popup and also make the popup visible for a small duration. TextA WPF Popup />