Vista - Can the dotted line around a button be turned off?

"When a button has the keyboard focus, the system typically highlights the
text, icon, or bitmap of a button by surrounding it with a dotted line." from
Windows SDK.

When I press ALT or the TAB key, the button with focus is surrounded with a
dotted line. Is there a way to turn this off?

It just doesn't look good for non-rectangular buttons.

I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately, when I set the Focusable property
to "false", the button will no longer receive focus and IsFocused is never
set to "true".

I find it strange that the dotted line is not part of the visual tree.

Any other ideas?

"Erik Thomas" wrote:

> Set the Button property:
>
> Focusable="False"
>
> Erik
>
> "Gary F" wrote:
>
> > "When a button has the keyboard focus, the system typically highlights the
> > text, icon, or bitmap of a button by surrounding it with a dotted line." from
> > Windows SDK.
> >
> > When I press ALT or the TAB key, the button with focus is surrounded with a
> > dotted line. Is there a way to turn this off?
> >
> > It just doesn't look good for non-rectangular buttons.
> >

See my post on
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...92232&SiteID=1


"Gary F" <GaryF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C1829471-F7D7-4AA7-A7C9-7A31AC14CF15@microsoft.com...
>I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately, when I set the Focusable
>property
> to "false", the button will no longer receive focus and IsFocused is never
> set to "true".
>
> I find it strange that the dotted line is not part of the visual tree.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> "Erik Thomas" wrote:
>
>> Set the Button property:
>>
>> Focusable="False"
>>
>> Erik
>>
>> "Gary F" wrote:
>>
>> > "When a button has the keyboard focus, the system typically highlights
>> > the
>> > text, icon, or bitmap of a button by surrounding it with a dotted
>> > line." from
>> > Windows SDK.
>> >
>> > When I press ALT or the TAB key, the button with focus is surrounded
>> > with a
>> > dotted line. Is there a way to turn this off?
>> >
>> > It just doesn't look good for non-rectangular buttons.
>> >

I was not able to set the value to "{x:null}", but I was able to override it
with my own style. This was a big help. Thanks.



"Dennis Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:

> See my post on
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...92232&SiteID=1
>
>
> "Gary F" <GaryF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C1829471-F7D7-4AA7-A7C9-7A31AC14CF15@microsoft.com...
> >I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately, when I set the Focusable
> >property
> > to "false", the button will no longer receive focus and IsFocused is never
> > set to "true".
> >
> > I find it strange that the dotted line is not part of the visual tree.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > "Erik Thomas" wrote:
> >
> >> Set the Button property:
> >>
> >> Focusable="False"
> >>
> >> Erik
> >>
> >> "Gary F" wrote:
> >>
> >> > "When a button has the keyboard focus, the system typically highlights
> >> > the
> >> > text, icon, or bitmap of a button by surrounding it with a dotted
> >> > line." from
> >> > Windows SDK.
> >> >
> >> > When I press ALT or the TAB key, the button with focus is surrounded
> >> > with a
> >> > dotted line. Is there a way to turn this off?
> >> >
> >> > It just doesn't look good for non-rectangular buttons.
> >> >
>
>
>

The null value is case sensitive: "{x:Null}". Let me know if that still
doesn't work for you...


"Gary F" <GaryF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6DC0505F-1264-4412-B0B8-528A867211F6@microsoft.com...
>I was not able to set the value to "{x:null}", but I was able to override
>it
> with my own style. This was a big help. Thanks.
>
>
>
> "Dennis Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> See my post on
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...92232&SiteID=1
>>
>>
>> "Gary F" <GaryF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C1829471-F7D7-4AA7-A7C9-7A31AC14CF15@microsoft.com...
>> >I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately, when I set the Focusable
>> >property
>> > to "false", the button will no longer receive focus and IsFocused is
>> > never
>> > set to "true".
>> >
>> > I find it strange that the dotted line is not part of the visual tree.
>> >
>> > Any other ideas?
>> >
>> > "Erik Thomas" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Set the Button property:
>> >>
>> >> Focusable="False"
>> >>
>> >> Erik
>> >>
>> >> "Gary F" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > "When a button has the keyboard focus, the system typically
>> >> > highlights
>> >> > the
>> >> > text, icon, or bitmap of a button by surrounding it with a dotted
>> >> > line." from
>> >> > Windows SDK.
>> >> >
>> >> > When I press ALT or the TAB key, the button with focus is surrounded
>> >> > with a
>> >> > dotted line. Is there a way to turn this off?
>> >> >
>> >> > It just doesn't look good for non-rectangular buttons.
>> >> >
>>
>>
>>