Specify width/height as resource in WPF

devdigital picture devdigital · Feb 17, 2010 · Viewed 18k times · Source

Is there a way in WPF to specify a width/height as a resource, so that it can be reused in several styles for e.g. margin/padding?

Answer

Robert Rossney picture Robert Rossney · Feb 17, 2010

Sure.

<Page
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
  <Page.Resources>
    <sys:Double x:Key="Height">200</sys:Double>
    <sys:Double x:Key="Width">200</sys:Double>
  </Page.Resources>
  <Grid>  
    <Rectangle 
      Height="{StaticResource Height}" 
      Width="{StaticResource Width}" 
      Fill="Blue"/>
  </Grid>
</Page>