Custom UserControl Property used by child element

Question

I\'m trying to get some WPF concepts down, so I\'ve put together a simple example of what I\'m trying to do. I would like to set a custom property of a user control, and hav

Answer 1

You set up a dependency property like this:

Public Shared ReadOnly MouseOverBrushProperty As DependencyProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("MouseOverBrush", GetType(Brush), GetType(BrushableComboBox), New UIPropertyMetadata())
Public Property MouseOverBrush() As Brush
    Get
        Return CType(GetValue(MouseOverBrushProperty), Brush)
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As Brush)
        SetValue(MouseOverBrushProperty, value)
    End Set
End Property

And then in your xaml you do something like this

Background="{TemplateBinding MouseOverBrush}"

and you can set a default style outside of the control template like this: