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Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook 100 recipes to build rich desktop client applications on Windows

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788399807
Length 524 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kunal Chowdhury Kunal Chowdhury
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. WPF Fundamentals 2. Using WPF Standard Controls FREE CHAPTER 3. Layouts and Panels 4. Working with Data Bindings 5. Using Custom Controls and User Controls 6. Using Styles, Templates, and Triggers 7. Using Resources and MVVM Patterns 8. Working with Animations 9. Using WCF Services 10. Debugging and Threading 11. Interoperability with Win32 and WinForm 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Property Element syntax

This is another type of XAML syntax that allows you to define the property as an element. This is often used when you cannot assign the value of the property within quotes. If we take the previous example, the text Click Here can be assigned to the button content easily. But, when you have another element or a composite property value, you cannot write those within the quotes. For this, XAML introduces Property Element syntax to help you to define the property value easily.

It starts with <element.PropertyName> and ends with </element.PropertyName>. The following example demonstrates how to assign a color to a button background with a SolidColorBrush object:

    <Button> 
      <Button.Background> 
         <SolidColorBrush Color="Red" /> 
      </Button.Background> 
    </Button> 
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