DynamicResource color doesn't work for BorderBrush on a Border - Bug?

Question

Visual Studio 2010 | .NET/WPF 4.0

I think this might be a WPF bug, but I can\'t seem to find a bug report about it. To cover the possibility that I\'m just missing s

Answer 1

Here is a custom control which you can use in place of the Border. It fixes the problem with the BorderBrush property. It uses Rectangles which work as another answer indicates. Please note that this control will probably not match the performance of using the Border control but it does work, so I suggest only using it where necessary.

public sealed class BorderFix : ContentControl
{
    static BorderFix()
    {
        DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(BorderFix), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(BorderFix)));
    }
}

The fact that we have to do this is pretty ridiculous. Another answer suggests that this bug is fixed in the version of .NET used by Windows 8. I have not tested that but let us hope that is correct. .NET 4.5.51209 exhibits the same problem.