WPF Debugging datatriggers?

Question

I am trying to do something very simple. I have a ToggleButton.IsChecked property bound to a bool. I want the background to toggle between red(false) and green(true). But for some reason it seems to be toggling between red and no background. I used a converter to check if I am getting proper notifications from the source and I am, so not sure why one trigger(false/red) works and the other(true/green) doesnt. Also would like to hear how people debug these kind of issues. Thanks!

Here is the code.

<DataTemplate x:Name"Flipper">
    <StackPanel>
    ...
    <ToggleButton IsChecked="{Binding Path=BoolValue,
                                      Converter={StaticResource converter}}" 
                  Name="onoff" >
    </ToggleButton>
    ...
    <StackPanel>
    <DataTemplate.Triggers>
        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ElementName=onoff,Path=IsChecked}"
                     Value="True">
            <Setter TargetName="onoff" Property="Background" Value="Green"/>
        </DataTrigger>
        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ElementName=onoff,Path=IsChecked}" 
                     Value="False">
            <Setter TargetName="onoff" Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
        </DataTrigger>
    </DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>

Update: I changed the togglebutton to a checkbox and it works. No idea why...

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Pakman Pakman · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-03T21:32:03

Try using WPF Inspector:

https://wpfinspector.codeplex.com/

Once you attach to your running WPF application, highlight the element in question by holding down ctrl + clicking on it. Then, select the element in the visual tree (might be a parent) that contains the trigger. Click on the triggers tab and you can see the current evaluation (e.g. True == True). If the datatrigger condition is met, the little icon will be orange (lit).

WPF Debugging datatriggers?

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