Silverlight change button text - c#

I have a button with multiple contetnt. I want to change it's text when the button is clicked.
XAML:
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="114" Margin="33,58,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="224" Style="{StaticResource GlassButtonStyle}" FontSize="26.667" Click="Button_Click_1" Name="button1">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Rectangle Height="69" Stroke="Black" Width="69">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.004,1.044" StartPoint="0.739,0.25">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<ContentPresenter Content="Clicke me" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</StackPanel>
</Button>
C# code:
button1.Content = "Hello world";
This makes the rectangle disappear, though I want only to change the text. How can I do this?


You need to modify the Control Template of Button to show your rectangle all the time.
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="114" Margin="33,58,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="224" Style="{StaticResource GlassButtonStyle}" FontSize="26.667" Click="Button_Click_1" Name="button1" Content="Click Me">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Rectangle Height="69" Stroke="Black" Width="69">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.004,1.044" StartPoint="0.739,0.25">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>
See Using Control Templates to Customize a Control's Look and Feel

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map shape to another button

<Path Data="M0.5,0 L0.5,1 M0,0.5 L1,0.5"
StrokeThickness="4"
Stretch="Fill"
Stroke="Blue" />
This will draw a plus sign on a button if the button is the only thing in window,
but how can one map the path to this button?
<ControlTemplate x:Key="BT_SIGN" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Grid Cursor="None" Margin="0,0,1.333,0">
<Grid.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF1E8CF3" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Grid.Background>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
<Button
Grid.Column="3"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="44.8"
Width="75.2"
Margin="22.32,24.6,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Template="{DynamicResource BT_SIGN}">
</Button>

Try this, i.e. add a <ContentPresenter /> to the template and set the Content property to your Path:
<ControlTemplate x:Key="BT_SIGN" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Grid Cursor="None" Margin="0,0,1.333,0">
<Grid.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF1E8CF3" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Grid.Background>
<ContentPresenter />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
<Button
Grid.Column="3"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="44.8"
Width="75.2"
Margin="22.32,24.6,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Template="{DynamicResource BT_SIGN}">
<Path Data="M0.5,0 L0.5,1 M0,0.5 L1,0.5"
StrokeThickness="4"
Stretch="Fill"
Stroke="Blue" />
</Button>

Just set the Path of that specific button inside the button markup.
<Button
Grid.Column="3"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="44.8"
Width="75.2"
Margin="22.32,24.6,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Template="{DynamicResource BT_SIGN}">
<Path Data="M0.5,0 L0.5,1 M0,0.5 L1,0.5"
StrokeThickness="4"
Stretch="Fill"
Stroke="Blue" />
</Button>

wpf grid background with image brush and visual brush combined

I am trying to set an image as a background of my window. I want to apply a gradient opacity mask over the window, and have the image tiled. So far, I can get either or, but not both. Here's my lame attempt at this:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height = "40*" />
<RowDefinition Height="133*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.Resources>
<Image x:Key="myImage" Source="/GrimshawRibbon;component/Resources/GeometricBackground.png">
<Image.OpacityMask>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint = "0.5,0" StartPoint="0.5,1">
<GradientStop Color = "#00000000" Offset="0.6"/>
<GradientStop Color = "#FF000000" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Image.OpacityMask>
</Image>
<ImageBrush x:Key="imageBrush" ImageSource="/GrimshawRibbon;component/Resources/GeometricBackground.png" TileMode="Tile" ViewportUnits="Absolute" Viewport="0,0,800,800"/>
<VisualBrush x:Key="myBrush" Visual="{StaticResource myImage}" Stretch="None" TileMode="Tile"/>
</Grid.Resources>
<DockPanel LastChildFill = "False" Grid.RowSpan="2" Background="{StaticResource imageBrush}"/>
<ContentControl x:Name="MainContentControl" Content="{Binding CurrentPageViewModel}" Margin="10" Grid.Row="1"/>
<Button x:Name="btnCancel" Content="Close" Margin="0,0,90,10" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="75" Height="36" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Command="{Binding CloseWindowCommand, Mode=OneWay}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=win}" Grid.Row="1"/>
<Button x:Name="button" Content="?" Margin="0,0,170,10" Height="36" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="36" Command="{Binding NavigateToHelpCommand, Mode=OneWay}" Grid.Row="1"/>
<Label x:Name="label" Content="Some label" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="14"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,39,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Some tool description that is not too long. It would be good to keep it under two sentences." VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="36" Width="272"/>
</Grid>

You may assign the DockPanel's OpacityMask:
<DockPanel Grid.RowSpan="2" Background="{StaticResource imageBrush}">
<DockPanel.OpacityMask>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,0" StartPoint="0.5,1">
<GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="0.6"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</DockPanel.OpacityMask>
</DockPanel>
Or probably just use a Rectangle for the background image:
<Rectangle Grid.RowSpan="2" Fill="{StaticResource imageBrush}">
<Rectangle.OpacityMask>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,0" StartPoint="0.5,1">
<GradientStop Color="#00000000" Offset="0.6"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.OpacityMask>
</Rectangle>

c# WPF application UI really slow on other computers

I don't know how vague this may sound, so if you require more information, please let me know!
I've finished my program, and I've attempted to try running it on other machines, I have not used any installers to deploy this, I just have been using the debug/release programName.exe after compiling it.
My question is that is there reason why my program is running incredibly slow when it's not running on the system it was compiled on? the entire UI lags, as in it takes several sections just to switch to another tab, while running on its native computer, it runs perfectly smooth.
I've tried the publish wizard, so I don't think that'll help. I was wondering if it has to do with any the my xaml, the DLLs, or the program's dependencies? At the moment, I don't have any sort of pictures or resources that it's relying on.
Any advice on any changes that I can make to get this running more smoothly would be greatly appreciated.
Here's my mainWindow Xaml:
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:custom="clr-namespace:RemotePatch"
x:Class="RemotePatch.MainWindow"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="Remote Patch" Height="350" Width="525" AllowsTransparency="True" WindowStyle="None" ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip" Loaded="Window_Loaded_1" Closed="Window_Closed">
<Window.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="0" ShadowDepth="0" Direction="0" Opacity="0"/>
</Window.Effect>
<Grid RenderTransformOrigin="0.497,0.518">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="32" />
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition Height="317*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.Background>
<RadialGradientBrush Center="0.5,0.6">
<GradientStop Color="#FF1A8BA2"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF293855" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF1799AE" Offset="0.043"/>
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Grid.Background>
<Rectangle Fill="#FFF4F4F5" Height="29" Stroke="Black" VerticalAlignment="Top" Opacity="0" MouseLeftButtonDown="Rectangle_MouseLeftButtonDown"/>
<TabControl x:Name="tabControl" Margin="0,5,0,16" Grid.Row="2" >
<TabControl.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
<Border x:Name="Border" BorderThickness="1,1,1,0" BorderBrush="Gainsboro" CornerRadius="4,4,4,4" Margin="2,0">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentSite"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
ContentSource="Header"
Margin="10,2"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="LightSkyBlue" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="White" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</TabControl.Resources>
<TabControl.Foreground>
<ImageBrush/>
</TabControl.Foreground>
<TabControl.BorderBrush>
<ImageBrush/>
</TabControl.BorderBrush>
<TabControl.Background>
<ImageBrush/>
</TabControl.Background>
<TabItem Header="General" Margin="0,7,0,-7">
<TabItem.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF040101" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</TabItem.Background>
<Grid>
<ListBox x:Name="listBox1" Margin="4,154,358,0" Foreground="White" Background="#FF14142E"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtFile" Height="18" Margin="79,80,264,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="#FF14142E" Foreground="White" MinWidth="56"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtPSexec" Height="18" Margin="79,47,264,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="#FF14142E" Foreground="White" MinWidth="56" />
<TextBox x:Name="txtGroups" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="18" Margin="79,119,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="65" Background="#FF14142E" Foreground="White"/>
<Button x:Name="buttonLoad" Content="Load File" Margin="4,78,0,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="56" Click="Load_Clicked">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="buttonSplit" Content="Split" Margin="4,117,0,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="56" Click="Split_Clicked">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="buttonValidate" Content="✔" Foreground="White" Height="15" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="15" Click="Validate_Clicked" FontSize="10.667" RenderTransformOrigin="0.062,0" Margin="0,154,358,0" FontWeight="Bold" >
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.413"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF6C6C6C" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="buttonPsExec" Content="PsExec" Margin="4,46,0,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="58" Click="Psexec_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="buttonLoginMain" Content="Login" Margin="452,6,0,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="58" Click="Login_Clicked">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</Grid>
</TabItem>
<TabItem Header="Log" Margin="-3,7,3,-7">
<Grid>
<Grid.Background>
<ImageBrush/>
</Grid.Background>
<RichTextBox x:Name="richTextBox1" Margin="0,6,0,5" Background="Black" Foreground="White" TextChanged="richTextBox1_TextChanged" IsReadOnly="True">
<FlowDocument>
<Paragraph>
<Run Text="Remote Patch v2.0"/>
</Paragraph>
</FlowDocument>
</RichTextBox>
</Grid>
</TabItem>
<TabItem Header="Patch" Margin="-3,7,3,-7">
<Grid Margin="0,5,0.333,-5.333">
<Grid.Background>
<ImageBrush/>
</Grid.Background>
<Button x:Name="buttonLogin" Content="Login" Margin="0,10,1,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="2" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="47" Click="Login_Clicked">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<GroupBox x:Name="groupBox" Header="Predefined Patches
" Margin="27,56,87,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="55" Foreground="White">
<Button x:Name="buttonPredefined" Content="Run" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="51" Click="buttonPredefined_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</GroupBox>
<ComboBox x:Name="comboBox" Margin="132,81,102,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="#FF0F0F59" SelectionChanged="comboBox_SelectionChanged" Foreground="Black" />
<GroupBox x:Name="groupBox_Copy" Header="Batch File
" Margin="27,143,82,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="55" Foreground="White">
<Button x:Name="buttonBatch" Content="Run" Margin="0,40,0,-43" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="51" Click="Batch_Clicked" Visibility="Hidden">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</GroupBox>
<TextBox x:Name="txtBatchFile" Height="23" Margin="127,168,102,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="#FF14142E" Foreground="White"/>
<Button x:Name="ButtonRunBatch" Content="Run" Margin="42,168,0,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="51" Click="loopBatch_Clicked">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="buttonAddFile" Content="+" Margin="0,168,47,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" Click="Add_Clicked" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="30">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="35" Margin="182,198,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="106">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="40" Margin="25,5,-13,-10" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="94">
<TextBox x:Name="numerical" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="34" Margin="0,10,0,9.667" Background="#FF14142E" Foreground="White" TextChanged="textBox_TextChanged"/>
<Button x:Name="button1" Content="-" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="14" Height="19" Margin="0,10,0,0" Background="#FFFFEFEF" FontSize="10.667" FontWeight="Bold" Click="button1_Click"/>
<Button x:Name="button" Content="+" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="14" Height="19" Margin="0,10,0,0" FontSize="10.667" FontWeight="Bold" Click="addNumValue"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
<Label x:Name="label2" Content="Groups" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="209,231,0,0" Foreground="White"/>
</Grid>
</TabItem>
</TabControl>
<Button x:Name="button2" Content="-" Margin="0,2,53,10" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="21" Click="Minimize_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="button2_Copy" Margin="0,2,27,10" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="21" Click="Maximize_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
<Canvas>
<Rectangle Height="9" Width="9" Stroke="White" Canvas.Top="-2" Canvas.Left="-4"/>
<Rectangle Height="10" Width="10" Stroke="White" Canvas.Left="-2" Canvas.Top="-7" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform/>
<SkewTransform/>
<RotateTransform Angle="-0.715"/>
<TranslateTransform/>
</TransformGroup>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
</Canvas>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="button2_Copy1" Content="X" Margin="0,2,0,10" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="22" Click="button2_Copy1_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.27"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF4F4F4F" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Label x:Name="label" Content="Remote Patch" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="108" Foreground="White" FontSize="16" IsHitTestVisible="False"/>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="2" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Fill="Transparent" Margin="-1,0,0,0"/>
<Label x:Name="label1" Content="Authenticated" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="2" Width="84" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Foreground="White" Height="23" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<Label.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform/>
<SkewTransform AngleY="-0.718"/>
<RotateTransform/>
<TranslateTransform Y="-0.294"/>
</TransformGroup>
</Label.RenderTransform>
</Label>
<Ellipse x:Name="authColor" Fill="Red" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="83,0,0,4" Grid.Row="2" Stroke="Black" Width="13" Height="13" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
<Label x:Name="labelSettings" Content="Settings" Margin="0,-1,84,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="#FF595555" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="56" MouseLeftButtonDown="labelSettings_MouseLeftButtonDown"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="rectangleNotification" Fill="#FFDDFF03" Grid.Row="2" Stroke="Black" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Opacity="0" Margin="0,0,1,0"/>
<Rectangle Height="2" Margin="30,31,30,0" Stroke="#FF444444" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.RowSpan="2" Opacity="0.5"/>
</Grid>
</Window>

You have a DropShadowEffect applied to your Window.
This is a problem because the DropShadowEffect uses all descendant objects to calculate the shape of the shadow. That means every single object contained in your Window is being inspected by this effect while rendering -- this takes a really long time.
Your shadow effect has 0 opacity anyway so you could just remove it.
Alternatively, you should apply the effect to a child of the Window, but make sure that child has no descendants.
The trick I use to apply the shadow to a window without destroying performance is to surround the contents of my window in a grid, place a border (or similar object) at the top of said grid (remember to assign a background to the border otherwise you won't get a shadow) and then apply the effect to the border instead of your window.
Before:
<Window x:Class="MyProject.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Height="300" Width="400"
WindowStyle="None" AllowsTransparency="True" Background="Transparent">
<Window.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="0"/>
</Window.Effect>
<StackPanel Margin="8" Background="White">
<Button Margin="4">Test</Button>
<Button Margin="4">Test</Button>
<Button Margin="4">Test</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
After:
<Window x:Class="MyProject.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Height="300" Width="400"
WindowStyle="None" AllowsTransparency="True" Background="Transparent">
<Grid Margin="8">
<Border Background="White">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect BlurRadius="10" ShadowDepth="0"/>
</Border.Effect>
</Border>
<StackPanel>
<Button Margin="4">Test</Button>
<Button Margin="4">Test</Button>
<Button Margin="4">Test</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>
This provides the exact same appearance, but with better performance because:
The buttons are no longer involved in the calculation of the shadow
The border has no descendants, so the effect is only using the layout of the border in the calculation
General rule of thumb... Only apply the drop shadow effect to objects whose ancestors are intended to be affected by the effect.

Why can't I see the menu I created?

So I'm creating a small wpf application for fun, and I want it to have a menu. I created the menu and what not, but when I run the program the menu doesn't show up at all. The code for the menu is currently:
<Window x:Class="TBA_Alpha.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="TBA LogIn" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<PasswordBox x:Name="tbPsw" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="214,143,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black" Background="White">
<PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
</PasswordBox>
<TextBox x:Name="tbUId" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="214,94,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black">
<TextBox.Background>
<SolidColorBrush Color="White"/>
</TextBox.Background>
<TextBox.BorderBrush>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</TextBox.BorderBrush>
</TextBox>
<Button Content="LogIn" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="239,200,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="Button_Click"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="214,73,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your UserID:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="214,122,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your Password:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<Menu HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="43" BorderThickness="1">
<MenuItem Header=" New " RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Width="63" Height="36" Background="White" Visibility="Visible" AllowDrop="True" IsHitTestVisible="True">
<MenuItem Header=" User " Click="newUser"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
</Grid>
any help whatsoever would be largely appreciated thank-you.
Edit: added the entire XAML code for the wpf, where the menu is near the end of the code
Edit: after removing all of the additional stuff and leaving only the headers, still experiencing the same problem
Edit: Tried the code in a different clean project and it worked, thank-you

The problem is that most of your controls use a Magrin attribute to separate themselves, rather than the functionality of the Grid. Since none of them specify the attached properties Grid.Row, they're all in the same row. Since Menu doesn't specify a Margin, it's at the top of the Grid and thus overlapping your other controls.
Try using actual grid rows
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<PasswordBox x:Name="tbPsw" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black" Background="White">
<PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</PasswordBox.BorderBrush>
</PasswordBox>
<TextBox x:Name="tbUId" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="133" SelectionBrush="Black">
<TextBox.Background>
<SolidColorBrush Color="White"/>
</TextBox.Background>
<TextBox.BorderBrush>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,20" MappingMode="Absolute" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFABADB3" Offset="0.05"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFE2E3EA" Offset="0.07"/>
<GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</TextBox.BorderBrush>
</TextBox>
<Button Content="LogIn" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="Button_Click"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="3" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your UserID:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="4" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your Password:" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<Menu Grid.Row="5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="43" BorderThickness="1">
<MenuItem Header=" New " RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Width="63" Height="36" Background="White" Visibility="Visible" AllowDrop="True" IsHitTestVisible="True">
<MenuItem Header=" User " Click="newUser"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
</Grid>

how to nest controls in a groupbox when using WPF

I want to layout 2 labels on top of each other and then two buttons horizontally next to each other but below the labels (below is an example of what I would like it to look like)
(All items are centered)
Welcome
Please Select A Language
English Spanish
Here is my XAML
<Window x:Class="Probation_Sign_In.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="768" Width="1024" Closing="Window_Closing" ResizeMode="NoResize" Topmost="True" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" WindowState="Maximized">
<Grid>
<GroupBox Header="GroupBox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="492" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="505">
<StackPanel>
<Label x:Name="labelWelcome" Content="Welcome." HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="48" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="136,55,0,0"/>
<Label x:Name="labelWelcomeMessage" Content="Please select a language." HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="50,193,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="36"/>
<Button x:Name="englishButton" Content="English" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="109,410,767,297" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="142" FontSize="20" TouchUp="englishButton_TouchUp" Click="englishButton_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF71B5BB" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button Content="Español" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="269,410,607,300" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="142" FontSize="20" Height="30">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF71B5BB" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</GroupBox>
</Grid>
</Window>
The above XAML doesn't give me the desired result. But all controls must be inside the GroupBox

Wrap your Button controls in another StackPanel and set its Orientation property to Horizontal:
<Grid>
<GroupBox Header="GroupBox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="505">
<StackPanel>
<Label x:Name="labelWelcome" Content="Welcome." HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="48" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="136,10,0,0"/>
<Label x:Name="labelWelcomeMessage" Content="Please select a language." HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="50,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="36"/>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Button x:Name="englishButton" Content="English" Width="142" FontSize="20" Margin="5" TouchUp="englishButton_TouchUp" Click="englishButton_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF71B5BB" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button Content="Español" Width="142" FontSize="20" Height="30" Margin="5">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF71B5BB" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</GroupBox>
</Grid>
EDIT:
Altered margin values so that controls stack closer. Play with the Margin property to get your spacing how you want it.

try this
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="englishButton" Content="English" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="142" FontSize="20" Click="englishButton_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF71B5BB" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button Grid.Column="1" Content="Español" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="142" FontSize="20" Height="30">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFF3F3F3" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFEBEBEB" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFDDDDDD" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF71B5BB" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</Grid>
</StackPanel>
</GroupBox>
</Grid>

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