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Is there a way to setup global styles for my WPF application?
What I'm hoping to do is apply a style to all my Buttons that also have an Image child.
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Template property, you can use a style to define or set a template. Designers generally allow you to create a copy of an existing template and modify it. For example, in the Visual Studio WPF designer, select a CheckBox control, and then right-click and select Edit template > Create a copy.
If you change the TargetType in the second style (in first set of xaml above) to ButtonBase , the two Styles do not get applied. However, check out the following xaml below to get around that restriction. Basically, it means you need to give the Style a key and reference it with that key.
Content Control is a base class that provides standardised functionality to WPF Controls. The Content Control class represents controls that can include a single item of content. This content is commonly plain text or a child control. Content Control is a subclass of the Control class in WPF.
A StackPanel allows you to stack elements in a specified direction. By using properties that are defined on StackPanel, content can flow both vertically, which is the default setting, or horizontally.
Well, sort of - it's a catch-all approach you can do - put the following element in your App.xaml - all your buttons will change (except the ones you apply a style to, manually).
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="LightPink"/> <!-- You should notice that one... --> </Style> However, if you want to hit only buttons with images - you have to inherit from Button everytime you do and then apply a style like this:
public class CustomImageButton:Button{} <Style TargetType="{x:Type local:CustomImageButton}"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="LimeGreen"/> </Style> <local:CustomImageButton Content="ClickMe"/> It is a very coarse-grained global styling - and you need to follow the convention to make it work.
An alternative is to use Themes - read more about that here.
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