Question

I m using the progress bar of WPF and set the value until the max value. But, when reached, the animation (that s the green effect) continues.

How can I stop it and have a full filled green bar, without any animation ?

for example, take this :

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Grid>
        <ProgressBar Height="30" Name="progressBar1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Minimum="0" Maximum="100" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

and :

public partial class Window1 : Window
{
    private double _min;
    private double _max;

    public Window1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        _min = progressBar1.Minimum;
        _max = progressBar1.Maximum;
        Thread thread = new Thread(Start);
        thread.Start();
    }

    private void Start()
    {
        for (double i = _min; i <= _max; i++)
        {
            Thread.Sleep(50);
            double value = i;
            Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(DispatcherPriority.Normal, new Action(() => progressBar1.Value = value));
        }
    }
}

When thread has finished, I can always see the animation on the progress bar (the white effect on the green bar)

Thanks in advance for your help

Answer 1

I am not entirely sure what you mean, but perhaps what you need is to set the ProgressBar s IsIndeterminate property to false. If that does not work, then please give us some code to help you further!

EDIT: The animation is part of the Windows Aero style and some designer was payed big bucks to ... err desgin it! So you cannot simply remove the animation using a property. You can alter the visual appearance of existing ProgressBars by editing their controltemplate. Below is the entire controltemplate of the WPF ProgressBar. Mind: you need all the Resources, the xmlns reference to Window.Themes and you must set a reference to the PresentationFramwork.Aero dll. I inserted a comment where you can make the change. Change the color FF000000 to 00000000 on the second and third gradientstops and the white glow disappears. I tried to implement a trigger that will show the animation at first, but stops it when Value==Maximum, but I failed. Someone else?

<Window x:Class="BlandProgressBarSpike.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:Microsoft_Windows_Themes="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300"
    Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Window.Resources>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarBackground" EndPoint="1,0" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#BABABA" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#C7C7C7" Offset="0.5"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#BABABA" Offset="1"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarBorderBrush" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#B2B2B2" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#8C8C8C" Offset="1"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarGlassyHighlight" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#50FFFFFF" Offset="0.5385"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00FFFFFF" Offset="0.5385"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarTopHighlight" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#80FFFFFF" Offset="0.05"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00FFFFFF" Offset="0.25"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <!-- This produces the whitish,moving glow-->
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorAnimatedFill" EndPoint="0,0" StartPoint="-100,0" MappingMode="Absolute">
            <GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0.4"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0.6"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="1"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorDarkEdgeLeft" EndPoint="1,0" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#0C000000" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#20000000" Offset="0.3"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="1"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorDarkEdgeRight" EndPoint="1,0" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#20000000" Offset="0.7"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#0C000000" Offset="1"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <RadialGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorLightingEffectLeft" RelativeTransform="1,0,0,1,0.5,0.5" RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1">
            <GradientStop Color="#60FFFFC4" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00FFFFC4" Offset="1"/>
        </RadialGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorLightingEffect" EndPoint="0,0" StartPoint="0,1">
            <GradientStop Color="#60FFFFC4" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00FFFFC4" Offset="1"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <RadialGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorLightingEffectRight" RelativeTransform="1,0,0,1,-0.5,0.5" RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1">
            <GradientStop Color="#60FFFFC4" Offset="0"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00FFFFC4" Offset="1"/>
        </RadialGradientBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="ProgressBarIndicatorGlassyHighlight" EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
            <GradientStop Color="#90FFFFFF" Offset="0.5385"/>
            <GradientStop Color="#00FFFFFF" Offset="0.5385"/>
        </LinearGradientBrush>
        <Style x:Key="BlandStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ProgressBar}">
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#01D328"/>
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource ProgressBarBackground}"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource ProgressBarBorderBrush}"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
            <Setter Property="Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ProgressBar}">
                        <Grid SnapsToDevicePixels="true" x:Name="Background">
                            <Rectangle Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <Border Margin="1" Background="{StaticResource ProgressBarGlassyHighlight}" CornerRadius="2"/>
                            <Border Margin="1" Background="{StaticResource ProgressBarTopHighlight}" BorderBrush="#80FFFFFF" BorderThickness="1,0,1,1"/>
                            <Rectangle Margin="1" x:Name="PART_Track"/>
                            <Decorator HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="1" x:Name="PART_Indicator">
                                <Grid x:Name="Foreground">
                                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                        <RowDefinition/>
                                        <RowDefinition/>
                                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                        <ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="15"/>
                                        <ColumnDefinition Width="0.1*"/>
                                        <ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="15"/>
                                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                    <Rectangle x:Name="Indicator" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="2"/>
                                    <Rectangle x:Name="Animation" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="2">
                                        <Rectangle.OpacityMask>
                                            <MultiBinding>
                                                <MultiBinding.Converter>
                                                    <Microsoft_Windows_Themes:ProgressBarHighlightConverter/>
                                                </MultiBinding.Converter>
                                                <Binding Source="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorAnimatedFill}"/>
                                                <Binding Path="ActualWidth" ElementName="Background"/>
                                                <Binding Path="ActualHeight" ElementName="Background"/>
                                            </MultiBinding>
                                        </Rectangle.OpacityMask>
                                    </Rectangle>
                                    <Rectangle Margin="1,1,0,1" x:Name="LeftDark" Fill="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorDarkEdgeLeft}" RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1" Grid.RowSpan="2"/>
                                    <Rectangle Margin="0,1,1,1" x:Name="RightDark" Fill="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorDarkEdgeRight}" RadiusX="1" RadiusY="1" Grid.Column="2" Grid.RowSpan="2"/>
                                    <Rectangle x:Name="LeftLight" Fill="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorLightingEffectLeft}" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2"/>
                                    <Rectangle x:Name="CenterLight" Fill="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorLightingEffect}" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2"/>
                                    <Rectangle x:Name="RightLight" Fill="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorLightingEffectRight}" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="2"/>
                                    <Border x:Name="Highlight1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="2" Background="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorGlassyHighlight}"/>
                                    <Border x:Name="Highlight2" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="2" Background="{StaticResource ProgressBarTopHighlight}"/>
                                </Grid>
                            </Decorator>
                            <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CornerRadius="2"/>
                        </Grid>
                        <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                            <Trigger Property="Orientation" Value="Vertical">
                                <Setter Property="LayoutTransform" TargetName="Background">
                                    <Setter.Value>
                                        <RotateTransform Angle="-90"/>
                                    </Setter.Value>
                                </Setter>
                                <Setter Property="LayoutTransform" TargetName="PART_Track">
                                    <Setter.Value>
                                        <RotateTransform Angle="90"/>
                                    </Setter.Value>
                                </Setter>
                                <Setter Property="LayoutTransform" TargetName="PART_Indicator">
                                    <Setter.Value>
                                        <RotateTransform Angle="90"/>
                                    </Setter.Value>
                                </Setter>
                                <Setter Property="LayoutTransform" TargetName="Foreground">
                                    <Setter.Value>
                                        <RotateTransform Angle="-90"/>
                                    </Setter.Value>
                                </Setter>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsIndeterminate" Value="true">
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="LeftDark" Value="Collapsed"/>
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="RightDark" Value="Collapsed"/>
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="LeftLight" Value="Collapsed"/>
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="CenterLight" Value="Collapsed"/>
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="RightLight" Value="Collapsed"/>
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Indicator" Value="Collapsed"/>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsIndeterminate" Value="false">
                                <Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="Animation" Value="#80B5FFA9"/>
                            </Trigger>
                        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources> 
    <StackPanel>
        <ProgressBar Style="{StaticResource BlandStyle}" Value="{Binding Progress}" Height="30"
                     Minimum="0" Maximum="100"/>
    </StackPanel>           
</Window>

Answer 2

Agreed that the "gleam" animation is confusing to some users. It CAN be removed without destroying the IsIndeterminate-functionality which Dabblernl:s answer above does.

Using the Aero style that you can find in Dabblernl:s post I replaced:

<Rectangle x:Name="Animation" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="2">
  <Rectangle.OpacityMask>
    <MultiBinding>
      <MultiBinding.Converter>
        <Microsoft_Windows_Themes:ProgressBarHighlightConverter/>
      </MultiBinding.Converter>
      <Binding Source="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorAnimatedFill}"/>
      <Binding Path="ActualWidth" ElementName="Background"/>
      <Binding Path="ActualHeight" ElementName="Background"/>
    </MultiBinding>
  </Rectangle.OpacityMask>
</Rectangle>

with:

<Rectangle x:Name="Animation" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Grid.RowSpan="2">
  <Rectangle.OpacityMask>
    <MultiBinding>
      <MultiBinding.Converter>
        <converters:ProgressBarHighlightOverrideConverter/>
      </MultiBinding.Converter>
      <Binding RelativeSource="{RelativeSource TemplatedParent}" Path="Value"/>
      <Binding RelativeSource="{RelativeSource TemplatedParent}" Path="Maximum"/>
      <Binding Source="{StaticResource ProgressBarIndicatorAnimatedFill}"/>
      <Binding ElementName="Background" Path="ActualWidth"/>
      <Binding ElementName="Background" Path="ActualHeight"/>
    </MultiBinding>
  </Rectangle.OpacityMask>
</Rectangle>

...and added a new MultiConverter:

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Data;
using Microsoft.Windows.Themes;

namespace [Your namespace here]
{
  public class ProgressBarHighlightOverrideConverter : IMultiValueConverter
  {
    private readonly ProgressBarHighlightConverter converter = new ProgressBarHighlightConverter();

     public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
     {
      if (values[0] == null || values[0] == DependencyProperty.UnsetValue || 
          values[1] == null || values[1] == DependencyProperty.UnsetValue)
      {
         return null;
      }

      var value = (Double)values[0];
      var maximum = (Double)values[1];

      return value >= maximum ? null : converter.Convert(new [] {values[2], values[3], values[4]}, targetType, parameter, culture);
    }

    public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
      return null;
    }
  }
}

So what I ve effectively done is replace Microsoft:s ProgressBarHighlightConverter with one of my own that falls back on the original converter if and only if the progress bar:s value is lesser than that of its maximum.

Answer 3

I think that is a feature of windows aero ... all progress bars have this effect , don t think it can be stopped ...

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