Displaying one element in combobox from comboboxitems - wpf

I'm sorry the title is badly worded and change it if you must, but this is what I am trying to achieve.
I have styled a combobox and added some items:
When an item is selected I wish only the title to be displayed, at the moment the whole content is displayed:
I have been playing around with using Tags to define the textblock with text "Title" as a header and display that however it's not working :(.
Here is the XAML Styling within app.xaml, I haven’t placed in a resource dictionary yet as I’m just testing:
<Application x:Class="WpfApplication14.App"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication14"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxToggleButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Grid Height="50" Width="200">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border x:Name="NormalBorder"
Background="#FF4F4F4F"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
BorderBrush="White"
BorderThickness="1.5"
CornerRadius="10,10,10,10"
/>
<Border x:Name="MouseOverBorder"
Background="#737373"
BorderBrush="White"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
BorderThickness="1.5"
CornerRadius="10,10,10,10"
Opacity="0"
/>
<Border x:Name="PressedBorder"
Background="#262626"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
CornerRadius="10,10,10,10"
Opacity="0"
/>
<Path
x:Name="Arrow"
Grid.Column="1"
Fill="White"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Data="M0,0 L0,2 L4,6 L8,2 L8,0 L4,4 z"
/>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition From="Normal" To="MouseOver" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"/>
<VisualTransition From="MouseOver" To="Normal" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"/>
<VisualTransition From="Normal" To="Checked" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.05"/>
<VisualTransition From="Checked" To="MouseOver" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.05"/>
<VisualTransition From="MouseOver" To="Checked" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.05"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MouseOverBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame Value="1" KeyTime="0:0:0.15"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Checked">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="PressedBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame Value="1" KeyTime="0:0:0.05"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="ComboBox" TargetType="ComboBox">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ComboBox">
<Grid Height="50" Width="200">
<ToggleButton
Name="ToggleButton"
Template="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}"
Grid.Column="2"
Focusable="false"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsDropDownOpen,Mode=TwoWay,RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
ClickMode="Press">
</ToggleButton>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Content" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}" Margin="5,0,0,0" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<Popup
Name="Popup"
Placement="Bottom"
IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsDropDownOpen}"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Focusable="False"
Height="400" Width="190"
PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Grid Name="DropDown"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<Border
x:Name="DropDownBorder"
Background="#FF3F3F3F"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="#888888"/>
<ScrollViewer Margin="4,6,4,6" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Popup>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="ComboBoxItem" x:Key="ComboBoxItem">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#262626"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="50"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="200"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ComboBoxItem">
<Grid Height="50" Width="200" Margin="0,2,0,2">
<Border x:Name="DropDownNormalBorder"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Height="50" Width="200"
/>
<Border x:Name="DropDownMouseOverBorder"
Background="#808080"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
Opacity="0"
/>
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualTransition From="Normal" To="MouseOver" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"/>
<VisualTransition From="MouseOver" To="Normal" GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.15"/>
</VisualStateGroup.Transitions>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="DropDownMouseOverBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame Value="1" KeyTime="0:0:0.15"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
Here is the mainwindow.xaml, the combobox item is repeated four times in the screenshot above:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication14.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication14"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid Background="Black">
<ComboBox Style="{DynamicResource ComboBox}" Height="50" Width="200">
<ComboBoxItem Style="{DynamicResource ComboBoxItem}">
<Grid>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="C:\Users\ceefax\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\WpfApplication14\WpfApplication14\spanner-clip-art.png"
Height="40" Width="40" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="5,0,0,0">
<TextBlock FontWeight="Bold">Title</TextBlock>
<TextBlock>Content</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</ComboBoxItem>
</ComboBox>
</Grid>

You can use a Combined Template.
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication14.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication14"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<DataTemplate x:Key="NormalItemTemplate" >
<Grid>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="C:\Users\ceefax\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\WpfApplication14\WpfApplication14\spanner-clip-art.png"
Height="40" Width="40" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="5,0,0,0">
<TextBlock FontWeight="Bold">Title</TextBlock>
<TextBlock>Content</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="SelectionBoxTemplate" >
<Grid>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="C:\Users\ceefax\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\WpfApplication14\WpfApplication14\spanner-clip-art.png"
Height="40" Width="40" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="5,0,0,0">
<TextBlock FontWeight="Bold">Title</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="CombinedTemplate">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Presenter"
Content="{Binding}"
ContentTemplate="{StaticResource NormalItemTemplate}" />
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger
Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor,ComboBoxItem,1}}"
Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter TargetName="Presenter" Property="ContentTemplate"
Value="{StaticResource SelectionBoxTemplate}" />
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid Background="Black">
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" SelectedItem="{Binding Item}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource CombinedTemplate}"
Height="50" Width="200">
</ComboBox>
</Grid>
</Window>
Note Binding Items and Item.

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Edit:
Should be something like:
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....
<DoubleAnimation From="0" To="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=MainGrid}"/>
....
</Grid
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</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Path x:Name="path" Margin="2" Data="M0,0 L1,1 M0,1 L1,0" Stroke="LightBlue" Width="10" Height="10" Stretch="Fill"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="MouseOverRectangle" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Stroke="White" Opacity="0"/>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="translate" Y="50"/>
</Grid.RenderTransform>
<Grid.Triggers>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Loaded">
<EventTrigger.Actions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard Storyboard.TargetName="translate" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Y">
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<LinearDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="50"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.0" Value="0">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
<ElasticEase Oscillations="1" Springiness="9" EasingMode="EaseInOut"/>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame.EasingFunction>
</EasingDoubleKeyFrame>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger.Actions>
</EventTrigger>
</Grid.Triggers>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Rectangle MinWidth="100" MinHeight="50" Fill="{Binding ElementName=myUserControl,Path=Fill}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.RowSpan="2"/>
<Button x:Name="btnClose" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Style="{StaticResource XButtonStyle}" Margin="3,3" Click="btnClose_Click"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ElementName=myUserControl,Path=Header, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Foreground="LightGray" FontSize="11" Margin="3,3,0,-3"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Text="{Binding ElementName=myUserControl,Path=Message, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Foreground="White" FontSize="16" Margin="3,-5"/>
</Grid>
When I add "Messenger" usercontrols to my itemsControl manually such as
essenger m = new Messenger();
m.Height = 50;
m.Width = 135;
m.Header = "Kate";
m.Message = "Download File ?";
iControl.Items.Add(m);
everything works fine as expected. But if I databind the ItemsControl itemsource property to some ObservableCollection and add items to the ObservableCollection, then the "Messenger" usercontrols appear reversed. What I mean, is that the textBlocks appear on the right and the X button is on the left. So its a mirror image. I know its probably got something to do with the wrappanel, But I can't figure it out. I hope this makes sense
I have the same problem in that the images in my user control are reversed. My simplified code
<UserControl x:Class="MyApp.Wpf.MainModule.Controls.ButtonImages"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:ViewModels="clr-namespace:TheAA.Road.Dispatch.Eva.App.Wpf.MainModule.ViewModels"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
>
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<DataTemplate x:Key="ButtonImageTemplate" DataType="{x:Type ViewModels:ButtonImageViewModel}">
<Image Source="{Binding ButtonProperty.ImageUri}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
<WrapPanel Margin="0" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" FlowDirection="RightToLeft" >
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ButtonImageTemplate}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
</WrapPanel>
</UserControl>

How can I animate the y-scale in a custom TabControl?

i have modify and simplify the TabControl for my work. Now i will Animate the Chang between two TabItems - The Y-Scale not longer as hartcut but with a soft slide - do you know how can i do this?
Thanks a lot.
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d"
x:Class="tabControl.MainWindow" x:Name="Window" Title="MainWindow" Width="640" Height="480">
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="TabControlStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type TabControl}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabControl}">
<Grid x:Name="grid" ClipToBounds="true" SnapsToDevicePixels="true"
KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="0" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" />
<Border x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Column="1"
KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" Grid.Row="0"
KeyboardNavigation.TabIndex="2" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_SelectedContentHost" ContentSource="SelectedContent"
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"
VerticalAlignment="Top" />
</Border>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<StackPanel Margin="150,100">
<TabControl Style="{DynamicResource TabControlStyle1}">
<TabItem Header="TabItem">
<Grid Background="red" Height="100" />
</TabItem>
<TabItem Header="TabItem">
<Grid Background="blue" Height="200" />
</TabItem>
<TabItem Header="TabItem">
<Grid Background="yellow" Height="100" />
</TabItem>
</TabControl>
<Border Background="Azure" Height="200" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
<!-- ... -->
Thank you for your help.
i have extend my style with the VisualStateGroup of your example but it doesn't work. Maybe something is different between the ListBox and the TabControl?
<Style x:Key="TabControlStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type TabControl}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabControl}">
<Grid x:Name="grid" ClipToBounds="true" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True"/>
<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Column="1">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Compact" Opacity="1" ContentSource="SelectedContent" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<ContentPresenter.LayoutTransform>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY="1" />
</ContentPresenter.LayoutTransform>
</ContentPresenter>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Details" Opacity="0" ContentSource="SelectedContent" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<ContentPresenter.LayoutTransform>
<ScaleTransform ScaleY="0" />
</ContentPresenter.LayoutTransform>
</ContentPresenter>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup Name="SelectionStates">
<VisualState Name="Unselected">
<Storyboard SpeedRatio="2">
<DoubleAnimation To="1" Storyboard.TargetName="Compact" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
<DoubleAnimation To="1" Storyboard.TargetName="Compact" Storyboard.TargetProperty="LayoutTransform.(ScaleTransform.ScaleY)" />
<DoubleAnimation To="0" Storyboard.TargetName="Details" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
<DoubleAnimation To="0" Storyboard.TargetName="Details" Storyboard.TargetProperty="LayoutTransform.(ScaleTransform.ScaleY)" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState Name="Selected">
<Storyboard SpeedRatio="2">
<DoubleAnimation To="0" Storyboard.TargetName="Compact" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
<DoubleAnimation To="0" Storyboard.TargetName="Compact" Storyboard.TargetProperty="LayoutTransform.(ScaleTransform.ScaleY)" />
<DoubleAnimation To="1" Storyboard.TargetName="Details" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
<DoubleAnimation To="1" Storyboard.TargetName="Details" Storyboard.TargetProperty="LayoutTransform.(ScaleTransform.ScaleY)" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

Inheritance of templates in WPF

I'm trying to make sure that every child of a given element (MPF.MWindow) gets custom templates. For instance, the button should get the template defined in resMButton.xaml. As of now I'm using the following code on: (resMWindow.xaml)
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MPF">
<Style x:Key="SystemKeyAnimations" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Style.Triggers>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseEnter">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.2" Value="1.0" />
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseLeave">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity">
<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.2" Value="0.5" />
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type local:MWindow}">
<!-- Remove default frame appearance -->
<Setter Property="WindowStyle" Value="None" />
<Setter Property="AllowsTransparency" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:MWindow}">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" x:Name="ChromeBorder">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4" />
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="4" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="4" />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition Height="4" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Thumb Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" x:Name="TopThumb" Cursor="SizeNS" BorderThickness="4" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" x:Name="BottomThumb" Cursor="SizeNS" BorderThickness="4" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" x:Name="LeftThumb" Cursor="SizeWE" BorderThickness="4" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2" x:Name="RightThumb" Cursor="SizeWE" BorderThickness="4" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" x:Name="TopLeftThumb" Cursor="SizeNWSE" BorderThickness="5" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" x:Name="TopRightThumb" Cursor="SizeNESW" BorderThickness="5" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" x:Name="BottomLeftThumb" Cursor="SizeNESW" BorderThickness="5" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Thumb Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2" x:Name="BottomRightThumb" Cursor="SizeNWSE" BorderThickness="5" BorderBrush="Transparent" />
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="20" />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Column="1">
<Button Command="local:WindowCommands.Minimize" Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=SystemKeyAnimations}">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Canvas Width="10" Height="10" Margin="5" Background="Transparent">
<Line X1="0" X2="10" Y1="5" Y2="5" Stroke="White" StrokeThickness="2" />
</Canvas>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>
<Button Command="local:WindowCommands.Maximize" x:Name="MaximizeButton" Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=SystemKeyAnimations}">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Canvas Width="10" Height="10" Margin="5" Background="Transparent">
<Rectangle Width="10" Height="10" Stroke="White" StrokeThickness="2" />
</Canvas>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>
<Button Command="ApplicationCommands.Close" Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=SystemKeyAnimations}">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Canvas Width="10" Height="10" Margin="5" Background="Transparent">
<Line X1="0" X2="10" Y1="0" Y2="10" Stroke="White" StrokeThickness="2" />
<Line X1="10" X2="0" Y1="0" Y2="10" Stroke="White" StrokeThickness="2" />
</Canvas>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
<ContentControl x:Name="TitleContentControl">
<TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding Title}" Foreground="DarkGray" Margin="5,0" />
</ContentControl>
</Grid>
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" Grid.Row="1">
<ContentPresenter.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/MPF;component/Themes/resMWindowContent.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPresenter.Resources>
</ContentPresenter>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
As you can see during the ContentPresenter which gets the content of the window I merge in a dicrionary called resMWindowContent.xaml. The resMWindowContent.xaml looks as following:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MPF">
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/MPF;component/Themes/resMButton.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
It simply merges in the resMButton.xaml dictionary (this is done because in the feature I will have MTextBox, mList... and I want to separate them).
The resMButton.xaml looks as following:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MPF">
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Grid Background="Transparent">
<Rectangle Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" StrokeThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" />
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" Margin="3" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
A simple template drawing a square button. However, it isn't applied at all. My buttons remain normal, and I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I just want every button inside the MWindow to get a special style (and in time every textbox and so forth). How do I achieve this?
One note though: It's important that the styles doesn't apply to elements outside an MWindow.
Remove the x:Key = "SystemKeyAnimations" from the Style Element.
Are you sure what resMButton.xaml is loaded?

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