WPF custom derived control style

Question

I have a custom control derived from Button:

    class MyControl : Button{}

And suppose, this class is empty (has no members).

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Answer 1

You override the DefaultStyleKey's metadata in your static constructor:

static MyControl()
{
    DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(
        typeof(MyControl),
        new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(MyControl)));
}

Then, in your resources, you can base its style on the button: