controltemplate

Do ControlTemplates in WPF require a TargetType? I am restyling some controls, and notice that the comboboxitem, listiviewitem and listboxitem all have the same template: <ControlTemplate x:Key="ListBoxItemCT" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}"> <Border x:Name="Bd" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" CornerRadius="1"> <ContentPresenter x:Name="cpItemContent" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"

I working on a WPF project where I've over-ridden the CheckBox control for some special operations. That is working correctly. My problem is that the ControlTemplate that was applied from the theme (shinyred.xaml from codeplex), is not applied to my over-ridden control. Is there a way to inherit the CheckBox ControlTemplate for use by my new control? All the samples the I can find are focused on inheriting the style for the CheckBox , but nothing about the ControlTemplate . No, as you said it is possible to 'inherit' a style by using the BasedOn property, but it's not possible to directly

I'm trying to simplify some code and improve my maintainability. I was initially seeking a way to have a text box aligned to the left, that can shrink and expand to a maximum value without centering inside a grid cell after reaching the maximum value. So I started out writing some code like this... <Grid> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="200" /> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <TextBox Text="Some text" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="10" MaxWidth="150" /> </Grid> (Code Listing 1) And that yields something looking like this... (Figure 1) As you can

I've got a user control with a control template to show validation errors, validation template: <ControlTemplate x:Key="TextBoxPropertyValidationTemplate"> <StackPanel> <Border BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="1"> <AdornedElementPlaceholder x:Name="MyAdorner" /> </Border> <Grid> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="*" /> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <Image Grid.Column="0" MaxHeight="16" MaxWidth="16" Source="{Binding Source={StaticResource ValidationIcon}, Converter={StaticResource UriConverter}}" Margin="1" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode=

I have an issue when designing a inherited Expander. My intention is to have a progress bar behind the toggle button and text in the default Expander header. I have this XAML code which gives me the progress bar in the header. It is a custom style. <Style x:Key="CurrentScanExpanderStyle" TargetType="{x:Type local:ProgressExpander}"> <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/> <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/> <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/> <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment"

I have a ListView bound to ObservableCollection. Data are loaded from the internet and then added to collection. The download takes few seconds and I want to indicate user that the data is loading. I created an UserControl that indicates activity. I placed it inside of ControlTemplate. <ControlTemplate x:Key="ListViewControlTemplate1" TargetType="{x:Type ListView}"> <Grid> <local:ActivityIndicatorControl HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="Auto" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/> </Grid> </ControlTemplate> I would like to bind Visibility of ActivityIndicatorControl to a property, let's

I have a Button ControlTemplate and I'm trying to modify a DropShadowEffect on a Border by using a Trigger . Here is my Xaml: <Button.Template> <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button"> <Border x:Name="ButtonBorder" Margin="10" CornerRadius="5" Background="Gray"> <Border.Effect> <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="5" x:Name="BorderEffect" /> </Border.Effect> <ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center" /> </Border> <ControlTemplate.Triggers> <Trigger Property="Button.IsMouseOver" Value="True"> <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="ButtonBorder" Value="LightGray" /> </Trigger> <Trigger Property=