Difference between TargetType=“controlType” and TargetType=“{x:Type controlType}”

Question

In WPF you can set the TargetType to either the name of the type or you can set it to {x:Type nameOfType}.

Does anyone know what the differ

Answer 1

Apart from the real difference described above, using {x:Type NameOfType} obviously will be highlighted differently in your IDE and makes it stand out and spot right away (as opposed to a regular string). So this is my personal preference.