templatebinding – Tarik Billa

WPF ControlTemplate: How to provide a default value for TemplateBinding?

September 13, 2023 by Tarik

You can just define setters on your style for the two properties in question. For example, some general definitions: <LinearGradientBrush x:Key=”ButtonNormalBackground” EndPoint=”0,1″ StartPoint=”0,0″> <GradientStop Color=”#F3F3F3″ Offset=”0″/> <GradientStop Color=”#EBEBEB” Offset=”0.5″/> <GradientStop Color=”#DDDDDD” Offset=”0.5″/> <GradientStop Color=”#CDCDCD” Offset=”1″/> </LinearGradientBrush> <SolidColorBrush x:Key=”ButtonNormalBorder” Color=”#FF707070″/> Then, in your style definition: <Setter Property=”Background” Value=”{StaticResource ButtonNormalBackground}” /> <Setter Property=”BorderBrush” Value=”{StaticResource ButtonNormalBorder}” />

In WPF, why doesn’t TemplateBinding work where Binding does?

April 24, 2023 by Tarik

Found this forum post on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/0bb3858c-30d6-4c3d-93bd-35ad0bb36bb4/ It says this: A TemplateBinding is an optimized form of a Binding for template scenarios, analogous to a Binding constructed with {Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}} Note from OP: Contrary to what it says in the documentation, in actuality, it should be this… {Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Mode=OneWay} I filed a … Read more

WPF TemplateBinding vs RelativeSource TemplatedParent

October 25, 2022 by Tarik

TemplateBinding is not quite the same thing. MSDN docs are often written by people that have to quiz monosyllabic SDEs about software features, so the nuances are not quite right. TemplateBindings are evaluated at compile time against the type specified in the control template. This allows for much faster instantiation of compiled templates. Just fumble … Read more