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Customizing the Text Roller Blind With Styles

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

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Example of how to Apply a Skin to the Text Roller Blind

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


    <Style TargetType="local:TextRollerBlind">
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#ffffff" />
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="#a4a4a4" />
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
        <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Arial" />
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:TextRollerBlind">
                    <Canvas x:Name="RootElement" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
                        <Canvas.Resources>
                            <Storyboard x:Name="ElementOpen" BeginTime="0">
                                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="ElementTop" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Canvas.Top)" />
                                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="ElementBottom" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Canvas.Top)" />
                            </Storyboard>
                            <Storyboard x:Name="ElementClose" BeginTime="0">
                                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="ElementTop" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Canvas.Top)" />
                                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="ElementBottom" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Canvas.Top)" />
                            </Storyboard>
                        </Canvas.Resources>
                        <Canvas.Clip>
                            <RectangleGeometry x:Name="ElementClipping" />
                        </Canvas.Clip>
                        <ContentPresenter x:Name="ElementContent" />
                        <ContentPresenter x:Name="ElementTop">
                            <Grid>
                                <Grid.Background>
                                    <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.5,0" EndPoint="0.5,1">
                                        <GradientStop Color="#ffffffff" Offset="0.0" />
                                        <GradientStop Color="#fff0f0f0" Offset="1.0" />
                                    </LinearGradientBrush>
                                </Grid.Background>
                                <TextBlock x:Name="ElementTopText" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" TextAlignment="Center" Text="" />
                            </Grid>
                        </ContentPresenter>
                        <ContentPresenter x:Name="ElementBottom">
                            <Grid>
                                <Grid.Background>
                                    <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.5,0" EndPoint="0.5,1">
                                        <GradientStop Color="#fff0f0f0" Offset="0.0" />
                                        <GradientStop Color="#ffefefef" Offset="1.0" />
                                    </LinearGradientBrush>
                                </Grid.Background>
                                <TextBlock x:Name="ElementBottomText" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top" TextAlignment="Center" Text="" />
                                <TextBlock x:Name="ElementBottomSelectedText" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" TextAlignment="Center" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="0 0 0 4" Text="" />
                            </Grid>
                        </ContentPresenter>
                        <Border x:Name="ElementBorder" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CornerRadius="2" />
                    </Canvas>
                </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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