TabItem in a separate XAML

Question

Is it possible to put a TabItem into a separate XAML and reference something like this:

Answer 1

On the surface this sounds like it would be best solved by a a style and/or template for the TabItem control which you can store in a separate resource file. How much you need to customize the actual TabItem will determine if you can just use a style or if you need a template.

What you can do is define a named Style for each TabItem in a separate resource file like so, create a MyResources.xaml that looks something like this:

Then in your main App.xaml file you merge in the resource dictionary:

Finally in your application you would leverage these Styles by simply doing: