Lookless Controls
- you can easily customize the entire appearance of a control without the need to write a custom control.
- usually have a built-in template that provides a default appearance, however, you can replace this template to change the look of the control.
- most controls are lookless because WPF disassociates the appearance from the control.
Example:
<Page x:Class="TestXBAP.Page1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Page1" Height="100" Width="200">
<Button>
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Grid>
<Rectangle Fill="Bisque" Stroke="DarkRed" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="3" />
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Button.Content}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<Ellipse Fill="Azure"/>
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Button.Content}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
Click me! I'm Button!!
</Button>
</Page>
