WPF Label Foreground Color

Question

I have 2 Labels in a StackPanel and set a Foreground color to both of them... The second one shows as black, when it shouldn't.

<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Right" Orientation="Horizontal"  Grid.Column="4" Grid.Row="0" Width="Auto" Margin="0,0,20,0">
    <Label Content="{lex:LocText CGI, Suffix=:}" Foreground="#FFE0E0E0" FontSize="24" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0,0,0,10" HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
    <Label Content="{Binding Cgi}" ContentStringFormat="{}{0}%" Foreground="#FFE0E0E0" FontSize="24" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0,0,0,10" HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
</StackPanel>

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Alenaalene

Answer 1

I checked your XAML, it works fine - e.g. both labels have a gray foreground.
My guess is that you have some style which is affecting the way it looks...

Try moving your XAML to a brand-new window and see for yourself... Then, check if you have any themes or styles (in the Window.Resources for instance) which might be affecting the labels...

Starch

Your guess was right. I noticed this behavior since we added the Metro Styles. Didn't think of that. – Alenaalene

Just because I searched how to change the color of a label and it brought me here, I'd like to add that if you simply want to change the color of a label in your code file, this should do: lblStatus.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red); – Rajasthan

or with a bit less code, lblStatus.Foreground = Brushes.Red; – Subclimax

Answer 2

The title "WPF Label Foreground Color" is very simple (exactly what I was looking for) but the OP's code is so cluttered it's easy to miss how simple it can be to set text foreground color on two different labels:

<StackPanel>
    <Label Foreground="Red">Red text</Label>
    <Label Foreground="Blue">Blue text</Label>
</StackPanel>

In summary, No, there was nothing wrong with your snippet.

Savaii