Changing the color of an image when a button is pressed











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I have a Button that contains an Image to act as the icon.
The image is white with a transparent background, and I would like to tint it when the button is pressed.



The color of the tint can be changed at runtime so I cannot have multiple versions of the same image to swap them.



I tried overlaying a Rectangle using the image itself as the opacity mask, but it seems that resizing the opacity mask does not use any antialiasing so the result is really poor.



What is the correct way to approach this in WPF?






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    There are many ways to achieve what you want. The probably "best" or "correct" way would be to not use an image at all. Use a vector icon in a Path element instead and change its Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
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  • Thanks @Clemens , if that's the only way I'll try experimenting with that. That being said, it looks a bit weird to me that this is not included... I'd think it were easier.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago










  • You may perhaps use the Image in an ImageBrush as OpacityMask of a Rectangle where you change the Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    9 hours ago










  • I tried that too, but as I said in the question the antialiasing on that is terrible and the result is too blocky to be usable.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago















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I have a Button that contains an Image to act as the icon.
The image is white with a transparent background, and I would like to tint it when the button is pressed.



The color of the tint can be changed at runtime so I cannot have multiple versions of the same image to swap them.



I tried overlaying a Rectangle using the image itself as the opacity mask, but it seems that resizing the opacity mask does not use any antialiasing so the result is really poor.



What is the correct way to approach this in WPF?






wpf xaml







share|improve this question


















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    There are many ways to achieve what you want. The probably "best" or "correct" way would be to not use an image at all. Use a vector icon in a Path element instead and change its Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    12 hours ago












  • Thanks @Clemens , if that's the only way I'll try experimenting with that. That being said, it looks a bit weird to me that this is not included... I'd think it were easier.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago










  • You may perhaps use the Image in an ImageBrush as OpacityMask of a Rectangle where you change the Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    9 hours ago










  • I tried that too, but as I said in the question the antialiasing on that is terrible and the result is too blocky to be usable.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago













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I have a Button that contains an Image to act as the icon.
The image is white with a transparent background, and I would like to tint it when the button is pressed.



The color of the tint can be changed at runtime so I cannot have multiple versions of the same image to swap them.



I tried overlaying a Rectangle using the image itself as the opacity mask, but it seems that resizing the opacity mask does not use any antialiasing so the result is really poor.



What is the correct way to approach this in WPF?






wpf xaml







share|improve this question













I have a Button that contains an Image to act as the icon.
The image is white with a transparent background, and I would like to tint it when the button is pressed.



The color of the tint can be changed at runtime so I cannot have multiple versions of the same image to swap them.



I tried overlaying a Rectangle using the image itself as the opacity mask, but it seems that resizing the opacity mask does not use any antialiasing so the result is really poor.



What is the correct way to approach this in WPF?






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    There are many ways to achieve what you want. The probably "best" or "correct" way would be to not use an image at all. Use a vector icon in a Path element instead and change its Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    12 hours ago












  • Thanks @Clemens , if that's the only way I'll try experimenting with that. That being said, it looks a bit weird to me that this is not included... I'd think it were easier.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago










  • You may perhaps use the Image in an ImageBrush as OpacityMask of a Rectangle where you change the Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    9 hours ago










  • I tried that too, but as I said in the question the antialiasing on that is terrible and the result is too blocky to be usable.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago














  • 2




    There are many ways to achieve what you want. The probably "best" or "correct" way would be to not use an image at all. Use a vector icon in a Path element instead and change its Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    12 hours ago












  • Thanks @Clemens , if that's the only way I'll try experimenting with that. That being said, it looks a bit weird to me that this is not included... I'd think it were easier.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago










  • You may perhaps use the Image in an ImageBrush as OpacityMask of a Rectangle where you change the Fill Brush.
    – Clemens
    9 hours ago










  • I tried that too, but as I said in the question the antialiasing on that is terrible and the result is too blocky to be usable.
    – Michele Ippolito
    9 hours ago








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There are many ways to achieve what you want. The probably "best" or "correct" way would be to not use an image at all. Use a vector icon in a Path element instead and change its Fill Brush.
– Clemens
12 hours ago






There are many ways to achieve what you want. The probably "best" or "correct" way would be to not use an image at all. Use a vector icon in a Path element instead and change its Fill Brush.
– Clemens
12 hours ago














Thanks @Clemens , if that's the only way I'll try experimenting with that. That being said, it looks a bit weird to me that this is not included... I'd think it were easier.
– Michele Ippolito
9 hours ago




Thanks @Clemens , if that's the only way I'll try experimenting with that. That being said, it looks a bit weird to me that this is not included... I'd think it were easier.
– Michele Ippolito
9 hours ago












You may perhaps use the Image in an ImageBrush as OpacityMask of a Rectangle where you change the Fill Brush.
– Clemens
9 hours ago




You may perhaps use the Image in an ImageBrush as OpacityMask of a Rectangle where you change the Fill Brush.
– Clemens
9 hours ago












I tried that too, but as I said in the question the antialiasing on that is terrible and the result is too blocky to be usable.
– Michele Ippolito
9 hours ago




I tried that too, but as I said in the question the antialiasing on that is terrible and the result is too blocky to be usable.
– Michele Ippolito
9 hours ago

















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