Customizing the DropDown With Styles

The DropDown control can be skinned using the standard Silverlight 2 method of setting Styles in the App.xaml file of your Silverlight project.

Example of how to Apply a Skin to the DropDown

These styles are placed in your XAML and referred to using the Style property:


    <Style TargetType="local:DropDown">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:DropDown">
                    <Grid x:Name="RootElement">
                        <Button x:Name="ElementButton">
                            <Grid x:Name="ElementLayoutGrid">
                                <ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,-2,0,0" Content="{TemplateBinding SelectedItemContent}" />
                                <Polygon Width="14" Height="4" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Points="0,0 8,0 4,4 0,0" Fill="#000000" />
                            </Grid>
                        </Button>
                        <Popup x:Name="ElementPopup">
                            <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
                        </Popup>
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>


As you can see, styling is a powerful method of customizing the controls to suite the look and feel of your Silverlight application.

 
 
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