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A Style for Round Glassy WPF Buttons

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A style for giving WPF buttons a glassy, Windows Vista-like look
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  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" >


    <Style x:Key="GlassButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
        <Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
        <Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
                    <Grid>
                        <!-- Background Layer -->
                        <Ellipse Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
                        <!-- Refraction Layer -->
                        <Ellipse x:Name="RefractionLayer">
                            <Ellipse.Fill>
                                <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.496,1.052">
                                    <RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                        <TransformGroup>
                                            <ScaleTransform CenterX="0.5" CenterY="0.5" ScaleX="1.5" ScaleY="1.5"/>
                                            <TranslateTransform X="0.02" Y="0.3"/>
                                        </TransformGroup>
                                    </RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                    <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#00000000"/>
                                    <GradientStop Offset="0.4" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
                                </RadialGradientBrush>
                            </Ellipse.Fill>
                        </Ellipse>
                        <!-- Reflection Layer -->
                        <Path x:Name="ReflectionLayer" VerticalAlignment="Top" Stretch="Fill">
                            <Path.RenderTransform>
                                <ScaleTransform ScaleY="0.5" />
                            </Path.RenderTransform>
                            <Path.Data>
                                <PathGeometry>
                                    <PathFigure IsClosed="True" StartPoint="98.999,45.499">
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                                        <BezierSegment
                                    IsSmoothJoin="True"
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                                    Point2="69.111,45.196"
                                    Point3="50.167,45.196"/>
                                        <BezierSegment Point1="30.805,45.196" Point2="20.173,47.741" Point3="10.665,51.363"/>
                                        <BezierSegment
                                    IsSmoothJoin="True"
                                    Point1="7.469,52.580"
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                                        <BezierSegment
                                    IsSmoothJoin="True"
                                    Point1="9.106,14.370"
                                    Point2="27.875,0"
                                    Point3="50,0"/>
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                                    IsSmoothJoin="True"
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                                    Point2="98.999,40.084"
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                                </PathGeometry>
                            </Path.Data>
                            <Path.Fill>
                                <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.498,0.526">
                                    <RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                        <TransformGroup>
                                            <ScaleTransform
                                       CenterX="0.5"
                                       CenterY="0.5"
                                       ScaleX="1"
                                       ScaleY="1.997"/>
                                            <TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0.5"/>
                                        </TransformGroup>
                                    </RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                    <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
                                    <GradientStop Offset="0.85" Color="#92FFFFFF"/>
                                    <GradientStop Offset="0" Color="#00000000"/>
                                </RadialGradientBrush>
                            </Path.Fill>
                        </Path>
                        <!-- ContentPresenter -->
                        <ContentPresenter Margin="0,2,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>


                    </Grid>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                            <Setter TargetName="RefractionLayer" Property="Fill">
                                <Setter.Value>
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                                        <RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                            <TransformGroup>
                                                <ScaleTransform
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                                          CenterY="0.5"
                                          ScaleX="1.5"
                                          ScaleY="1.5"/>
                                                <TranslateTransform X="0.02" Y="0.3"/>
                                            </TransformGroup>
                                        </RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#00000000"/>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="0.45" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
                                    </RadialGradientBrush>
                                </Setter.Value>
                            </Setter>
                            <Setter TargetName="ReflectionLayer" Property="Fill">
                                <Setter.Value>
                                    <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.498,0.526">
                                        <RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                            <TransformGroup>
                                                <ScaleTransform
                                          CenterX="0.5"
                                          CenterY="0.5"
                                          ScaleX="1"
                                          ScaleY="1.997"/>
                                                <TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0.5"/>
                                            </TransformGroup>
                                        </RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="0.85" Color="#BBFFFFFF"/>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="0" Color="#00000000"/>
                                    </RadialGradientBrush>
                                </Setter.Value>
                            </Setter>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True">
                            <Setter TargetName="RefractionLayer" Property="Fill">
                                <Setter.Value>
                                    <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.496,1.052">
                                        <RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                            <TransformGroup>
                                                <ScaleTransform
                                          CenterX="0.5"
                                          CenterY="0.5"
                                          ScaleX="1.5"
                                          ScaleY="1.5"/>
                                                <TranslateTransform X="0.02" Y="0.3"/>
                                            </TransformGroup>
                                        </RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#00000000"/>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="0.3" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
                                    </RadialGradientBrush>
                                </Setter.Value>
                            </Setter>
                            <Setter TargetName="ReflectionLayer" Property="Fill">
                                <Setter.Value>
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                                          CenterY="0.5"
                                          ScaleX="1"
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                                                <TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0.5"/>
                                            </TransformGroup>
                                        </RadialGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="#CCFFFFFF"/>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="0.85" Color="#66FFFFFF"/>
                                        <GradientStop Offset="0" Color="#00000000"/>
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                                </Setter.Value>
                            </Setter>
                        </Trigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>


</ResourceDictionary>

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Software Developer (Senior) Virage Logic Corporation
Armenia Armenia
I'm a developer focusing on Quality Assurance at the Virage Logic Corporation.
My main responsibilities include the development and maintenance of an environment for automated quality assurance of the Verilog IP provided by our company.

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