C#•15mo ago

❔ WPF Button is only 2 pixels wide at runtime and I don't know why

I have the following control in my WPF form:

<Button
    x:Name="btnGeneralConnectionEnableIdentServerReset"
    Style="{DynamicResource ResetPrefBtn}" />

<Button
    x:Name="btnGeneralConnectionEnableIdentServerReset"
    Style="{DynamicResource ResetPrefBtn}" />

I also have the following in my App.xaml:

<Style
    x:Key="ResetPrefBtn" TargetType="Button">
    <Setter
        Property="BorderThickness"
        Value="0" />
    <Setter
        Property="Background"
        Value="Transparent" />
    <Setter
        Property="Content">
        <Setter.Value>
            <Image
                Source="/Reset Pref.png" />
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter
        Property="ToolTip"
        Value="Reset this preference to the default"/>
</Style>

<Style
    x:Key="ResetPrefBtn" TargetType="Button">
    <Setter
        Property="BorderThickness"
        Value="0" />
    <Setter
        Property="Background"
        Value="Transparent" />
    <Setter
        Property="Content">
        <Setter.Value>
            <Image
                Source="/Reset Pref.png" />
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter
        Property="ToolTip"
        Value="Reset this preference to the default"/>
</Style>

At runtime, this button is only 2 pixels wide. I checked in the Visual Source tree and it lists that value. Now many here have told me not to use the designer, but I'm a rather visual person who needs the feedback it provides. And it has the button displayed as I'd expect with a width of 18.002233505249. Looks different too. I figure it uses a different layout engine. So can someone explain what I need to do to get it to display the width I'd expect without hard coding the width?

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Accord•15mo ago

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❔ WPF Button is only 2 pixels wide at runtime and I don't know why