How to remove default mouse-over effect on WPF buttons?

Question

My problem is that in WPF, whenever I try and change the colour of a button's background using triggers or animations, the default mouseover effect (of being grey with that orange glow) seems to take priority.

After extensive searches I'm clueless as to how to remove this effect.

Answer 1

This is similar to the solution referred by Mark Heath but with not as much code to just create a very basic button, without the built-in mouse over animation effect. It preserves a simple mouse over effect of showing the button border in black.

The style can be inserted into the Window.Resources or UserControl.Resources section for example (as shown).

<UserControl.Resources>
    <!-- This style is used for buttons, to remove the WPF default 'animated' mouse over effect -->
    <Style x:Key="MyButtonStyle" TargetType="Button">
        <Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="5"/>
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
                    <Border Name="border" 
                        BorderThickness="1"
                        Padding="4,2" 
                        BorderBrush="DarkGray" 
                        CornerRadius="3" 
                        Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
                        <ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                    </Border>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                            <Setter TargetName="border" Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
                        </Trigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
</UserControl.Resources>

<!-- usage in xaml -->
<Button Style="{StaticResource MyButtonStyle}">Hello!</Button>