Ribbon Textblock and label look different

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Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Arthur,

Can you please post a small snippet of XAML showing this and also indicate which theme you are using so that we can take a look?

Actipro Software Support

Posted 13 years ago by Arthur Damen

theme is office2010


            <ribbon:Group Label="{x:Static res:Text.Presentation_Size}" Command="commands:PADSDesignerCommands.PresentationSizeGroup">
              <ribbon:StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center"   ItemVariantBehavior="AlwaysLarge"  Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True">
                <Grid  ClipToBounds="False" Margin="7,0,0,0" >
                  <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="PresWidth" ></ColumnDefinition>
                    <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="PresHeight"></ColumnDefinition>
                  </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                  <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="7"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
                  </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                  <Label Margin="40,0,0,0">Width</Label>
                  <TextBlock Text="{x:Static res:Text.Width}" Padding="0" Margin="0,0,5,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"  ></TextBlock>
                  <TextBlock Text="{x:Static res:Text.Height}" Margin="0,0,5,0" Padding="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0"  ></TextBlock>
                </Grid>
              </ribbon:StackPanel>
            </ribbon:Group>

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Arthur,

It just may be how those controls inherit down control properties. You can set these attributes on them as needed to get them looking the same as other ribbon controls:

Foreground="{DynamicResource {x:Static themes:AssetResourceKeys.ToolBarButtonForegroundNormalBrushKey}}"
FontSize="{DynamicResource {x:Static ribbon:RibbonMeasurements.UIFontSize}}"

Actipro Software Support

Posted 13 years ago by Arthur Damen

Sure the controls follow the inherited colors, but they act different from the default windows label,textblock. So Actipro changes the default behaviour.
They act as a label is a textblock and a textblock is a label. So you changed them.

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Sorry but I'm not sure what you mean. I don't believe we have any styles in Ribbon that target Label or TextBlock at all.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 13 years ago by Arthur Damen

Example 2
Open the xaml window and see the difference in black/gray for the textblock inside the ribbonbar. Underneigth they are also in the main window where the textblock looks different.


<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:ribbon="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/ribbon"
    xmlns:shared="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/shared"
    xmlns:themes="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/themes"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
    <Label Margin="0,200,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" >LABEL</Label>
    <TextBlock Margin="100,200,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" >TEXTBLOCK</TextBlock>
    <ribbon:Ribbon>
      <ribbon:Ribbon.Tabs>
        <ribbon:Tab Name="Home"  Label="Home" >
          <ribbon:Group Name="GroupHomeConnection" Label="Test">
            <Label>LABEL</Label>
            <TextBlock>TEXTBLOCK</TextBlock>
          </ribbon:Group>
        </ribbon:Tab>
      </ribbon:Ribbon.Tabs>
    </ribbon:Ribbon>
  </Grid>
</Window>

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Arthur,

As we mentioned, the TextBlock would inherit it's Foreground color from it's ancestors, which in this case is the ribbon:Group. In the case where the TextBlock is outside the Ribbon, it ultimately inherits it's Foreground from the Window. This is a standard WPF behavior.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.3) was released 1 month ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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