Prism 4/Silverlight 4/MEF - Region not found - silverlight

I'm just learning PRISM so may be this is very simple error: I'm trying to define Region in 'Style' and they not found :( :(
On main 'Shell' window I have 'ContentControl' that include 'Frame' object. The 'ContentControl' styled in attached ResourceDictionary and all Regions defined there (with additional Colors, Brushes, Buttons, Grids, etc...) But whenever program runs (all correctly shown on screen) the IRegionManager.Regions is empty collection....
Is there anything I can do to use regions from 'Style' ???
This is the code:
Shell.xaml
<UserControl x:Class="CardManagment.Shell"
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:sdk="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/sdk"
d:DesignHeight="300"
d:DesignWidth="400"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<ContentControl HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Style="{StaticResource MainWindowStyle}">
<sdk:Frame x:Name="MainFrame"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="#FFFB0000"
Style="{StaticResource GlobalNavigationFrameStyle}"
UriMapper="{StaticResource GlobalUriMapper}" />
</ContentControl>
</UserControl>
and ResourceDictionary:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:prism="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Practices.Prism.Regions;assembly=Microsoft.Practices.Prism"
xmlns:sdk="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/sdk" xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit">
<Style x:Key="MainWindowStyle" TargetType="ContentControl">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF000000"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Top"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ContentControl">
...
...
...
<Border Grid.Row="1" BorderThickness="2" CornerRadius="2" BorderBrush="#FFDC1EBA">
<ContentControl x:Name="GlobalLogoRegion" prism:RegionManager.RegionName="GlobalLogoRegion" />
</Border>
...
...

Ok - for now I found an answer on this page: Regions inside DataTemplates in Prism v4 using a region behavior
Actually it's a known bug in PRISM according to this article.

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WPF- Compile error on referencing a Resource Dictionary file

Question: When I reference the following Resource Dictionary file in MainWindow.xaml file (shown below), why do I get the following compile error?
CustomWindowStyle resource not found
Remark:
I'm following this article where the Creating A Resource Dictionary File section is also showing the exact procedure that I am using on how to reference Resource Dictionary in MainWindow.xaml
As shown in the image below, VS2019 does CORRECCTLY recognize CustomWindowStyle when I type Style="{StaticResource ....} line in MainWindow.xaml. But at the compile time (as shown in image 2 below), it throws the above error.
I am using .NET Core 3.1. I'm not sure if the issue is related to .NET Core
When typing the line Style="{StaticResource ....} the intellisense correctly shows the option of selecting CustomWindowStyle:
At the compile time, the error shows up:
.
WindowStyle.xaml:
<ResourceDictionary x:Class="WPF_OctDelete.WindowStyle"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WPF_OctDelete">
<Style x:Key="CustomWindowStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Setter Property="WindowChrome.WindowChrome">
<Setter.Value>
<WindowChrome CaptionHeight="30"
CornerRadius="4"
GlassFrameThickness="0"
NonClientFrameEdges="None"
ResizeBorderThickness="5"
UseAeroCaptionButtons="False" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Gray" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Grid>
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="5,30,5,5">
<AdornerDecorator>
<ContentPresenter />
</AdornerDecorator>
</Border>
<DockPanel Height="30"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
LastChildFill="False">
<TextBlock Margin="5,0,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
DockPanel.Dock="Left"
FontSize="16"
Foreground="White"
Text="{TemplateBinding Title}" />
<Button x:Name="btnClose"
Width="15"
Margin="5"
Click="CloseClick"
Content="X"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True" />
<Button x:Name="btnRestore"
Width="15"
Margin="5"
Click="MaximizeRestoreClick"
Content="#"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True" />
<Button x:Name="btnMinimize"
Width="15"
Margin="5"
VerticalContentAlignment="Bottom"
Click="MinimizeClick"
Content="_"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True" />
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
MainWindow.xaml:
<Window x:Class="WPF_OctDelete.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:WPF_OctDelete"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Style="{StaticResource CustomWindowStyle}"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
<Window.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="WindowStyle.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Button x:Name="btnTest" Content="Test"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
Your resource is being loaded after the window is loaded and so it cannot find the resource during the window loading event. So your method isn't going to work that way.
You need to put that resource in your App.xaml file, see - How to Set the Source of an Image in XAML and in Code Behind to an image in another project in WPF
In your case (in App.xaml) - '
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="WindowStyle.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
And then you can use your key in the Window -
<Window x:Class="WPF_OctDelete.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:WPF_OctDelete"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Style="{StaticResource CustomWindowStyle}"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
<!--Rest of your UI Elements-->
</Window>
No need to add resources to your window, since its added to the main app file. That resource will be available across your entire project (available for other windows/controls)
(Edit: further clarification - When you add something as a "StaticResource" to your window style, but load the actual resource later, the window "loaded" event is not going to pick it up. Another solution is to refer your style as "DynamicResource", so the style during the "loaded" event is not static and will be updated when it captures the new resource.)
The XAML processor reads the XAML file from top to bottom so by the time it tries to resolve the CustomWindowStyle resource, it hasn't yet loaded the ResourceDictionary.
You could easily fix this by setting the Resources property before you set the Style property:
<Window x:Class="WPF_OctDelete.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:WPF_OctDelete"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
<Window.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="WindowStyle.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Window.Resources>
<Window.Style>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="CustomWindowStyle"/>
</Window.Style>
<Grid>
<Button x:Name="btnTest" Content="Test"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
The order matters.

how to disable cut, copy paste and right click across all WPF forms

We are building a WPF kiosk application.
We need to disable CUT COPY PASTE and RIGHT-CLICKs
Please how can this be done?
This SO post does not give a centralized solution for all forms:
How to suppress Cut, Copy and Paste Operations in TextBox in WPF?
You need to add a Style in your App.xaml in which you define:
<Style TargetType="TextBox">
<!-- OR -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="ContextMenu" Value="{x:Null}"/>
</Style>
But this will only work for the Items that are NOT in a DataTemplate.
UPDATE:
App.xaml:
<Application x:Class="TestApp.App"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TestApp"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="ContextMenu" Value="{x:Null}"/>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
And here is the MainWindow.xaml:
<Window x:Class="TestApp.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"
xml:lang="en-GB"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TestApp"
xmlns:converter="clr-namespace:TestApp.Converters"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Height="478.889" Width="903.889">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.3*"/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Name="txtBx" MinHeight="150"
VerticalAlignment="Top" AutoWordSelection="True"
MaxLines="10"
TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"
SelectionChanged="txtBx_TextHighlighted"
ToolTip="{x:Null}"
Margin="10"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
If you Right Click on the TextBox you will not have any ContextMenu available to you.
UPDATE 2:
Continuing from our chat, the TextBox was referencing other styles which were overriding whatever we set in the App.xaml. As the external styles were loaded after the App.xaml.

Apply a style to all textbox in my WPF application

I am having an issue while I want to apply a style (font size) to all my textbox, where ever they are.
I, of course found those links :
Apply an application-level style to all textboxes
How to target all controls (WPF Styles)
But this doesn't work for me.
The first one is still better because you don't need to use a key, and going to all your textbox.
I already have, in my app.xml, style applying to all controls (applying a color), so I tried something like this (even if this won't really be enough for me, since those styles are not everywhere) :
<Style x:Key="Type1Data" TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#FEE9E6"/>
<Style.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="50" />
</Style>
</Style.Resources>
</Style>
And as I said, I tried this too, but won't work.
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="50" />
</Style>
Any idea what is my probleme and how I can achieve what I want to?
All the hings I can find make me come back to the same code, and didn't found one that works.
edit : here is my current app.xaml
<Application x:Class="myApp.App"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:myApp"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<Style TargetType="TextBox"><!-- tried adding those 3 lines too-->
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="50"/>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="Type1Data" TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Blue"/>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="Type2Data" TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="White"/>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="Type3Data" TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Green"/>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
</Application>
As I said, the current styles does not cover the whole app (I add the key that is needed, or nothing)
edit : and if I add directly (as a second setter) font size to the Type 1,2 or 3, the font size apply. So it seems, there is no oter styles that are applying besides the 3 in app.xml.
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="50" />
Sample of code who should get a different textbox size(one with already a style, one without), they are in grid:
<com:ViewControl x:Class="myApp.View.ViewControl"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
xmlns:input="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:myApp.View"
xmlns:com="clr-namespace:RAPINF.PLL.Common;assembly=myApp.Common"
xmlns:entities="clr-namespace:myApp.Entities;assembly=myApp.Entities"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="500" d:DesignWidth="700">
<TextBox Style="{StaticResource Type1Data}" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="2" Text="{Binding Data.Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Margin="2" Text="{Binding Data.Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" />
edit : adding the code of the popup I use sometimes and works
<sf:RibbonWindow x:Class="namespace:myApp.Common.DetailViewWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:sf="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
xmlns:self="clr-namespace:myApp.Common"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:Height="300" d:Width="400"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterOwner"
>
</sf:RibbonWindow>
How my usercontrol is added to the dock :
public void AddView(UserControl View, string sTitle, DockState docState)
{
int Width = 800;
int Height = 400;
DockingManager.SetHeader(View, sTitle);
DocumentContainer.SetMDIBounds(View, new Rect(30, 30, Width, Height));
DockingManager.SetState(View, docState);
DockingManager.SetShowCloseMenuItem(View, true);
DockingManager.SetDesiredWidthInDockedMode(View, Width);
DockManager.Children.Add(View);
ActivateView(View);
}
If I use the dock I do this before :
ApplicationContext.Current.AddView(View, DockState.Document);
ANd with a popup, almost the same :
DetailViewWindow dlg = new DetailViewWindow(View);
dlg.ShowDialog();
As, those two code are used with the same View (yes, exactly the same), then I guess the problem comes from the fact of adding the view in the dock, and not in a popup window.
Does the dock manager forces me to use a key?
Thank you for your help.
I can't reproduce your problem. I can just show you a working example. Maybe it's helping you finding your problem.
App.xaml
<Application x:Class="WpfApplication2.App"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication2"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="FontSize"
Value="50" />
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
</Application>
MainWindow.xaml
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.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:WpfApplication2"
xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow"
Name="MyWindow"
SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight">
<TextBox Width="150"/>
</Window>
Output
I too had no problem with the styling. But I typically break my stuff into separate dictionaries for different controls and derive from some of my own classes. I also define a style and assign a "x:Key" name to it. This is like saying I have a class with this key name and I want it to look like this. Then, once I get it working, I take the final class and say use your style based on the key defined... Having said that, Here is a stripped basic of the App.xaml
<Application.Resources>
<Style TargetType="TextBox" x:Key="STextBox">
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="50"/>
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="WingDings" />
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource STextBox}" />
</Application.Resources>
I can define all sorts of things about my base-style "STextBox" (via the x:Key). But after, I set the style with a target BASED ON the style via x:Key. The critical thing I think you were missing is the target must be of {x:Type TextBox}.
If you look at the xmlns headers at the top such as
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
the "x=" is the alias of the library it is getting control types. By you generically declaring the
TargetType="TextBox"
You are not specifically associating to the CLASS TYPE.
Then in my main window (and anywhere else in the app), I have this in my main grid
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="80" />
<RowDefinition Height="80" />
<RowDefinition Height="80" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Text="Testing" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Text="Another Line" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="2" Text="Last" />
</Grid>
and they all work properly. You can also change default colors, size, font family, margins, etc to the base style and all will change without explicit reference to every control.

mahapps metro tabcontrol as prism region style

I have problem with prism and mahapps.metro library. I set TabControl as my region in my Shell and here i have problem beacouse every tabitem(module) not react on Triggers for example: Property="IsMouseOver". Headers have the same style and i dont know how to force them to work properly. Here is my code:
Shell.xaml
<Window.Resources>
<Style BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TabItem}}" TargetType="TabItem" x:Key="HeaderStyle">
<Setter Property="Header"
Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},
Path=Content.DataContext.TabModel.Title}" />
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<TabControl Grid.Row="1" cal:RegionManager.RegionName="{x:Static inf:RegionNames.TabContainer}" Style="{StaticResource MetroTabControl}"/>
And module:
<TabItem x:Class="DataConverter.Modules.Export.Views.MenuView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d" Style="{StaticResource {x:Type TabItem}}"
Header="Export"
IsSelected="{Binding Path=IsSelected}">
when i remove Style="{StaticResource {x:Type TabItem}}" my tabitem looks like standard control. How to resolve this?

Howto: Applying a Style defined in generic.xaml to a UserControl? (WPF)

I've created a style in generic.xaml that i want to use in my project on several UserControls. In the same way i have defined a style for a custom control and this one works so it seems generic.xaml is loaded, this is the defined style:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type UserControl}" x:Key="ServiceStyle" x:Name="ServiceStyle">
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type UserControl}">
<Border Name="border" CornerRadius="20"
Margin="10"
BorderThickness="5"
BorderBrush="Black">
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"/>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
But now i want to use this style but i cannot get it to work. i've tryed adding it as a style parameter to a custom instance of UserControl in the following way:
<UserControl
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Netcarity"
xmlns:CustomControls="clr-namespace:Netcarity.CustomControls"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" x:Name="Portier_deur" x:Class="Netcarity.UserControlPortier"
Height="600" Width="800" MouseDown="UserControl_MouseDown" Loaded="UserControl_Loaded" mc:Ignorable="d"
Style="{StaticResource ServiceStyle}">
however this gives me a note that the resource ServiceStyle could not be found. When trying to run there is a runtime error on this.
Thanks in advance.
It seems that Generic.xaml is not the right place to store styles for non custom controls. Somewhere i found the hint to put the syle in App.xaml instead of generic.xaml and this worked directly. So it seams Generic.xaml can only be used to store styles for customControls.
Maybe someone can add a more educated reason for this behaviour?
When Generic.xaml use ComponentResourceKey.

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