How to Enable/Disable button in wpf

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I Have 2 button , Start And capture. I want disable capture button on form load and enable start. and on after click on start disable start button and enable capture. Please help me. Thanks in advance

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<Grid>
    <Button Content="Button" Height="77" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="92,151,0,0" Name="button1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="109">
        <Button.Background>
            <ImageBrush ImageSource="/WpfApplication1;component/Images/images.jpg" />
        </Button.Background>
    </Button>
    <Button Content="Button" Height="77" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="229,151,0,0" Name="button2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="112" IsEnabled="False" >
        <Button.Background>
            <ImageBrush ImageSource="/WpfApplication1;component/Images/images.jpg" />
        </Button.Background>
    </Button>
</Grid>

You need to show your code about what you tried so far. Otherwise people here have to guess your implementation and provide answers. — Krishna
– Krishna, Commented Feb 5, 2015 at 9:06
both button having same image. but I dont want disable look. directly disappear from UI — Dipika
– Dipika, Commented Feb 5, 2015 at 9:16

Masoud Mohammadi · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 07:27:53Z

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<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <Button Name="BStart" Content="Start" Width="100" Height="50" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Click="BStart_Click" />
        <Button Name="BCapture" Content="Capture" Width="100" Height="50" HorizontalAlignment="Right" IsEnabled="False" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

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you can disable Capture by xaml and then enable it by writing code in c#.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace WpfApplication1
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void BStart_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            BStart.IsEnabled = false;
            BCapture.IsEnabled = true;
        }
    }
}

for enable and disable use IsEnabled Property. and for clicking on the button use Click event.

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 7:27

Masoud Mohammadi

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Dipika Over a year ago

Thanks For Such great explanation. But I have same image on both button. So the user cannot understand about which button were click. Both button are on same place

Yu Chen Over a year ago

This is exactly how I would do it too, but could someone please explain why the top answer in stackoverflow.com/questions/27555996/… emphatically emphasizes "you shouldn't be programmatically altering the UI until you know when you should do that" (ie. when is it okay to programmatically is BStart.IsEnabled?)

Frebin Francis · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 07:24:18Z

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Set IsEnabled="False" to disable the button

<Button Name="btn" IsEnabled="False" Content="press"/>

Set IsEnabled="True" to enable the button

<Button Name="btn" IsEnabled="True" Content="press"/>

Hope this helps

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 7:24

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Frebin Francis Over a year ago

could you please explain with some XAML ?

Vlad · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 09:52:34Z

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You should store current state in some variable (e.g. _capturing). When variable changing, you refresh IsEnabled property.

Xaml code:

<Button Content="Start" Name="StartButton" Grid.Row="0" Click="StartButton_Click" />
<Button Content="Capture" Name="CaptureButton" Grid.Row="1" Click="CaptureButton_Click"/>

C# code:

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private bool _capturing;

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        // Some code

        _capturing = false;
        UpdateButtons();
    }

    private void StartButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Some code

        _capturing = true;
        UpdateButtons();
    }

    private void CaptureButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Some code

        UpdateButtons();
    }

    private void UpdateButtons()
    {
        StartButton.IsEnabled = !_capturing;
        CaptureButton.IsEnabled = _capturing;
    }
}

UPDATE

You should add click handler and your xaml code will work:

<Button Click="StartButton_Click" Content="Button" Height="77" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="92,151,0,0" Name="button1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="109">
    <Button.Background>
        <ImageBrush ImageSource="/WpfApplication1;component/Images/images.jpg" />
    </Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button Click="CaptureButton_Click" Content="Button" Height="77" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="229,151,0,0" Name="button2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="112" IsEnabled="False" >
    <Button.Background>
        <ImageBrush ImageSource="/WpfApplication1;component/Images/images.jpg" />
    </Button.Background>
</Button>

edited Feb 5, 2015 at 9:52

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 8:04

Vlad

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Vlad Over a year ago

Yes. You can replace buttons to any place in xaml file.

Dipika Over a year ago

Will u please explain. I want to override buttons.

Dipika · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-12 06:39:46Z

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Yes I got my answer. Just make simeple solution

btnhide.visibility= system.visibility. hidden;

answered Mar 12, 2015 at 6:39

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David Buck · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-04 07:43:39Z

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There are two ways to disable a button In C# WPF.

In .xaml File
Using IsEnabled="False". If you set False to IsEnabled attribute, then your button will be disabled by default.
In .cs File
ButtonName.IsEnabled = false; If you set IsEnabled property as false for the button, it will disable the button

edited Apr 4, 2020 at 7:43

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answered Apr 4, 2020 at 4:11

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