I have a question regarding styles in xaml wpf.
I have a Default style which should apply for all Objects. But for some of them I want to set a second style overriding a few attributes.
Now if I give my second style a x:key="style2" and set this as style, my first Default style is not applied, but the Default WPF style is. I can not/want not Change anything at my first Default style
How can I fix this behaivor?
To ensure that your default style is still applied, you add
BasedOn={StaticResource ResourceKey={x:Type ControlType}} Where ControlType is the type of object the default style was applied to.
Here's an example:
<Window x:Class="StyleOverrides.MainWindow" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525"> <Window.Resources> <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}"> <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Comic Sans MS" /> </Style> <Style x:Key="Specialization" TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}" BasedOn="{StaticResource ResourceKey={x:Type TextBlock}}" > <Setter Property="FontStyle" Value="Italic" /> <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" /> </Style> </Window.Resources> <Grid> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="*" /> <RowDefinition Height="*" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <Viewbox Grid.Row="0" > <TextBlock>This uses the default style</TextBlock></Viewbox> <Viewbox Grid.Row="1"> <TextBlock Style="{StaticResource Specialization}"> This is the specialization </TextBlock> </Viewbox> </Grid> </Window> 