Glowing Label Controls On A Glass Surface

Question

Is there any way, and any tutorials, articles, samples around that allow each and every new Label Control created at runtime to have a Glow around it, just like on Vista/7?

Thank you

Answer 1

Not being able to see the attached image, and therefore only guessing what the desired looks should be - I made a quick test in WPF with altering the template of a Label and adding a second ContentPresenter with a BlurEffect applied.

Assuming the looks is what you are looking for, it's a quick and easy way to go.

<Style TargetType="{x:Type Label}">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Label}">
                    <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" 
                            BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" 
                            Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" 
                            Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                        <Grid>
                            <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" 
                                Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding ContentStringFormat}" 
                                HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" 
                                SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" 
                                VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
                                Opacity="0.5">

                                <ContentPresenter.Effect>
                                    <BlurEffect Radius="5"  />
                                </ContentPresenter.Effect>
                            </ContentPresenter>
                            <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" 
                                        Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding ContentStringFormat}" 
                                        HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" 
                                        SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" 
                                        VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>

                        </Grid>
                    </Border>
                <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
            <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
            </Trigger>
        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
    </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>