WPF - Use a ControlTemplate resource within a Style

Question

When creating a Style, is it possible to set the ControlTemplate property to a previously defined resource? For example, if I had the following in a ResourceDictionary:

<ControlTemplate x:Key="MyControlTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Button}"> ... </ControlTemplate>

And then later wanted to use it in a Style like this:

<Style x:Key="MyStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}"> <Setter Property="Template" Value="???"/> </Style>

Is that possible?

Andrew Shepherd · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-30 22:06:42Z

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I believe this will work:

<Style x:Key="MyStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}"> <Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource MyControlTemplate}"/> </Style>

answered Oct 30, 2009 at 22:06

Andrew Shepherd

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2 Comments

Agent_L Over a year ago

The important part is that the template must be defined BEFORE the style. Otherwise it's XamlParseException: Cannot find a Resource with the Name/Key YourTemplateKey

N. Kudryavtsev Over a year ago

@Agent_L or one can just use DynamicResource

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