Vista - How do I customize the look of the NavigationWindow?

I'd like to know how to customize the look of the NavigationWindow.

I'd like to change the font color, the gradiant and also add a logo on
the top right of it.

Any leads are appreciated thanks.

Phil

Philippe Lavoie wrote:

> I'd like to know how to customize the look of the NavigationWindow.
>
> I'd like to change the font color, the gradiant and also add a logo on
> the top right of it.
>
> Any leads are appreciated thanks.

You need to define a new Style that replaces the NavigationWindow chrome.
For example, this would remove the chrome altogether:

<Style x:Key="{x:Type NavigationWindow}" TargetType="{x:Type NavigationWindow}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type NavigationWindow}">
<ContentPresenter ClipToBounds="True" Content="{TemplateBinding Window.Content}"
/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

So, with that simple definition as a starting point, you can now do whatever
you desire around that ContentPresenter to make it look however you like.
Keep in mind that you will need to provide your own navigation controls now.

What I find interesting, and maybe Microsoft can address this, is that, AFAIK,
there's no NavigateForward/Backward commands that you can just raise that
will cause the NavigationWindow to actually navigate. So this means you need
to hook event handlers to some UI elements and control the NavigationWindow
yourself. Maybe I just can't find them... I would expect the commands to
be fields off of NavigationWindow itself.

HTH,
Drew

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Drew Marsh
Chief Software Architect
Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com
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I wrote:

> What I find interesting, and maybe Microsoft can address this, is
> that, AFAIK, there's no NavigateForward/Backward commands that you can
> just raise that will cause the NavigationWindow to actually navigate.
> So this means you need to hook event handlers to some UI elements and
> control the NavigationWindow yourself. Maybe I just can't find them...
> I would expect the commands to be fields off of NavigationWindow
> itself.

I had thought I searched for this also, but it turns out there is a NavigationCommands
class inside System.Windows.Input that contains the commands I was thinking
of. So if you just bind the command to your custom buttons in your template
it should "just work".

HTH,
Drew