Question

In web development, styles sheets are very commonly used. In Swing there are layout managers for handling of the GUI. Am I correct in the assumption that XAML applies one of those paradigms? Both? Which one is preferred in such case?

I’ve checked Intellisense but except for the Style field, I didn’t find anything particularly obvious and I’m unclear what keywords to google for. Suggestions?

Answer 1

Better way to store style as a resource in the assembly so that it can be available in multiple files as css

you can check : Silverlight and styles

Also check : How to set Silverlight Control Styles via Application.Resources

put style like this in Application.Xaml file or create new one for you

<Application xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
             x:Class="AppResStyle.App"
             >
    <Application.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="ButtonStyle" TargetType="Button">
            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Green" />
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
     </Style>
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

Now you can utilize like this in multiple uercontrol to assign style to button

<UserControl x:Class="AppResStyle.Page"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
    Width="130" Height="80">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <Button Content="Button1" Height="75" Width="125" Style="{StaticResource ButtonStyle}" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>