#716 – Using a Border As a Visual Indication That a Control Can Be Dragged

You can use the Thumb control to allow dragging a control around on a parent Canvas.  To make it a little more obvious to the user that the control can be dragged, you can set up a Border around the control that only shows up when the user moves the mouse over the control.

    <Window.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="BorderVisibleOnMouse" TargetType="Border">
            <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent"/>
            <Style.Triggers>
                <Trigger Property="Border.IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                    <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="LightBlue"/>
                </Trigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources>

    <Canvas>
        <Thumb Canvas.Left="100" Canvas.Top="60" DragDelta="Thumb_DragDelta">
            <Thumb.Template>
                <ControlTemplate>
                    <Border Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=BorderVisibleOnMouse}">
                        <Label Content="Elvis Drafted!"/>
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Thumb.Template>
        </Thumb>
        <Thumb Canvas.Left="30" Canvas.Top="180" DragDelta="Thumb_DragDelta">
            <Thumb.Template>
                <ControlTemplate>
                    <Border Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=BorderVisibleOnMouse}">
                        <Label Content="Richard the Lion-Hearted Captured!"/>
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Thumb.Template>
        </Thumb>
    </Canvas>