There are a WPF User Control library and two (or more) User Controls in it. I need to use the same style in both user controls. How can I share this style? For example:
This is the style:
<Style x:Key="customLabelStyle" TargetType="Label">
...
</Style>
User control A:
<UserControl x:Class="Edu.Wpf.Example.UserControlA"
...xmlns stuff... >
<Grid>
... some xaml markup...
<Label Style="{StaticResource customLabelStyle}"/>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
UserControl B:
<UserControl x:Class="Edu.Wpf.Example.UserControlB"
...xmlns stuff... >
<Grid>
... some another xaml markup...
<Label Style="{StaticResource customLabelStyle}"/>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
So how can I share this style between user controls in the library without involving of the application app.xaml resource dictionary?
UPDATE
I can add Themes\Generic.xaml into my library and define the style there. But in this case I have to use ComponentResourceKey as the key of the style. Right? It's long and not very handy expression...
Say that you have one resource defining colors, like this:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Color A="#FF" R="#FF" G="#22" B="#11" x:Key="MyRed"/>
<Color A="#FF" R="#00" G="#FF" B="#21" x:Key="MyGreen"/>
<Color A="#FF" R="#00" G="#22" B="#FF" x:Key="MyBlue" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="MyGreenBrush" Color="{StaticResource MyGreen}"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="MyRedBrush" Color="{StaticResource MyRed}"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="MyBlueBrush" Color="{StaticResource MyBlue}"/>
</ResourceDictionary>
And another one defining some basic styles like this:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}" x:Key="PocTextBlock">
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="16"/>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" x:Key="MyTextBox">
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="20"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource MyGreenBrush}"/>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}" x:Key="MyResultTextBlock">
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="16"/>
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource MyGreenBrush}"/>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Border}" x:Key="MyBorder">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{DynamicResource MyGreenBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="4"/>
<Setter Property="CornerRadius" Value="5"/>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
You can then add your resources to the App.xaml's Application.Resources tag as shown here:
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="OtherStyles.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Colors.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
</Application>
Then, in all your UserControls, you can use the styles or brushes as StaticResources as your example code shows.