XAML Unleashed

Introducing Control Templates

ControlTemplate can contain a custom tree of elements that defines a new appearance for any Control. You can attach it to any Control by setting it as a value for its Template property. The following XAML adds a ControlTemplate to one of two regular Buttons, producing the results shown in Figure 18.4:

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<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">  <!-- A simple Button -->  <Button Content="Without Custom Template"/>  <!-- A Button with a custom ControlTemplate -->  <Button Content="With Custom Template">    <Button.Template>      <ControlTemplate>         <Grid>           <Ellipse Width="100" Height="100">             <Ellipse.Fill>               <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint ...