Override default styling in WPF TextBox, based on PresentationFramework.Aero - wpf

Question

I want to use the Aero textbox styling, but still override some properties. I try to accomplish this by:
<ResourceDictionary
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/aero.normalcolor.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type TextBox}" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBox}}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="2" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2" />
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
However, this results in a StackOverflowException when starting my app.
When I remove the reference to PresentationFramework.Aero, this works but I get the default OS styling, which makes the app ugly. ;)
So, in effect: if I want to override some style on all my textboxes I cannot get the Aero look. If I want the Aero look, I cannot override any styling. Deadlock.
Any way to solve this?

Answer 1

It seems to work if you put the Style as a lower-level resource, instead of in the same ResourceDictionary:
<Grid xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Grid.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/aero.normalcolor.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Grid.Resources>
<Border BorderBrush="Blue" BorderThickness="3">
<Border.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBox}}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="2" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="2" />
</Style>
</Border.Resources>
<TextBox />
</Border>
</Grid>

Answer 2

Unlike the code in accepted answer this one allows using resource dictionary for styles. Shamelessly stolen from http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wpf/thread/3c66adb7-fd26-40c7-8404-85f6fefbd392/ answered by Vivien Ruitz
<!--App.xaml-->
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/MyAppli;component/Resources/Themes/StyleDictionary.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/MyAppli;component/Resources/Themes/ApplyStyleDictionary.xaml"/>
...
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<!--StyleDictionary.xaml-->
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;V3.0.0.0;31bf3856ad364e35;component/themes/aero.normalcolor.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<Style x:Key="ButtonStyleToApply" TargetType="Button" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type Button}}" >
... <!--Extend the aero style here-->
</Style>
<!--ApplyStyleDictionary.xaml-->
<Style TargetType="Button" BasedOn="{StaticResource ButtonStyleToApply}"/>