MyNoteBox style and template

Learn about the style and template for the MyNoteBox control. You can modify the default ControlTemplate to give the control a unique appearance. For more information, see the other topics in the Customizing Lync Controls section.

Applies to: Lync 2013 | Lync Server 2013

There are no states or Style properties for the MyNoteBox control.

MyNoteBox parts

The following table lists the named parts for the MyNoteBox control.

Part	Type	Description
EditNoteToggleButton	ToggleButton	A button that switches the note state.
NoteEditTextBox	TextBox	Use this part to display or edit the note.

Default style and template

The following shows the XML namespace mapping that you have to specify when you work with styles and templates.

xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Lync.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Lync.Controls"

The following sample shows the default Windows Presentation Foundation style and template for the MyNoteBox control.

<Style x:Key="MyNoteBoxStyle1" BasedOn="{StaticResource FocusVisualStyleToNullStyle}" TargetType="controls:MyNoteBox">
 <Setter Property="Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper.PropertyBindingCollection">
  <Setter.Value>
   <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelperCollection>
    <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper Binding="{Binding GlobalTextColor_MediumDark, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" Property="Foreground"/>
    <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper Binding="{Binding MyNoteBoxBackgroundBrush, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" Property="Background"/>
    <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper Binding="{Binding MyNoteBoxBorderBrush, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" Property="BorderBrush"/>
   </Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelperCollection>
  </Setter.Value>
 </Setter>
 <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
 <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
 <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
 <Setter Property="Padding" Value="5,0"/>
 <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="10.6"/>
 <Setter Property="Template">
  <Setter.Value>
   <ControlTemplate TargetType="controls:MyNoteBox">
    <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
     <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
      <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
       <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
       <VisualState x:Name="Focused">
        <Storyboard>
         <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00.0010000" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusedBorder">
          <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
           <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
            <Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
           </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
          </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
         </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
        </Storyboard>
       </VisualState>
      </VisualStateGroup>
     </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
     <Border BorderBrush="#7FFFFFFF" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="4">
      <Grid>
       <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" CornerRadius="2"/>
       <Border x:Name="FocusedBorder" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CornerRadius="2" Visibility="Collapsed">
        <Border.BorderBrush>
         <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
          <GradientStop Color="#FF71CAE3"/>
          <GradientStop Color="#FF71CAE3" Offset="1"/>
         </LinearGradientBrush>
        </Border.BorderBrush>
       </Border>
      </Grid>
     </Border>
     <Grid Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
      <ToggleButton x:Name="PART_EditNoteToggleButton" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="DefaultNoteToggleButton" Cursor="IBeam" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Height="Auto" IsChecked="False" IsEnabled="{TemplateBinding IsEnabled}" MinHeight="22" AutomationProperties.Name="Default note toggle button" Style="{StaticResource FocusVisualStyleToNullStyle}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto">
       <ToolTipService.ToolTip>
        <ToolTip MaxWidth="250" Style="{StaticResource DefaultToolTipStyle}" Visibility="{Binding PersonalNote, Converter={StaticResource NullOrEmptyStringToVisibilityConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}">
         <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding PersonalNote, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"/>
        </ToolTip>
       </ToolTipService.ToolTip>
       <ToggleButton.Template>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="ContentControl">
         <Border Background="Transparent">
          <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"/>
         </Border>
        </ControlTemplate>
       </ToggleButton.Template>
       <Grid AutomationProperties.AutomationId="NonEditModeContainer" Background="Transparent" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Height="Auto" Visibility="{Binding IsChecked, Converter={StaticResource NotBooleanToVisibilityConverter}, ElementName=PART_EditNoteToggleButton}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}">
        <Microsoft_Lync_Controls_Internal:TruncatedTextBlock x:Name="PART_NonEditModeActualText" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="NonEditModeActualText" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" Text="{Binding PersonalNote, Converter={StaticResource StringToSingleLineStringConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" UseEllipsis="True" Visibility="{Binding PersonalNote, Converter={StaticResource NullOrEmptyStringToVisibilityConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"/>
        <Microsoft_Lync_Controls_Internal:TruncatedTextBlock x:Name="NonEditModeWatermark" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="NonEditModeWatermark" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" Text="{Binding Resources.MyNoteBoxWatermark, Source={StaticResource ResourcesWrapper}}" UseEllipsis="True" Visibility="{Binding PersonalNote, Converter={StaticResource NotNullOrEmptyStringToVisibility}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"/>
       </Grid>
      </ToggleButton>
      <TextBox x:Name="PART_NoteEditTextBox" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="NoteEditTextBox" AcceptsReturn="True" BorderThickness="0" Background="Transparent" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" IsEnabled="{TemplateBinding IsEnabled}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Padding="-2,0,0,0" Style="{StaticResource MyNoteTextBoxStyle}" Text="{Binding PersonalNote, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Visibility="{Binding IsChecked, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}, ElementName=PART_EditNoteToggleButton, Mode=OneWay}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
     </Grid>
    </Grid>
   </ControlTemplate>
  </Setter.Value>
 </Setter>
</Style>

See also

Customizing Lync Controls