ContactCard style and template

Learn about the styles and templates for the ContactCard control. You can modify the default ControlTemplate to give the control a unique appearance. For more information, see the other topics in the Customizing Lync Controls section.

Applies to: Lync 2013 | Lync Server 2013

There are no states or Style properties for the ContactCard control.

ContactCard parts

The following table lists the named parts for the ContactCard control.

Part	Type	Description
DetailsContainer	FrameworkElement	Contains detailed information about the contact.
NoteContainer	FrameworkElement	Contains the note for the contact card, which can be expanded or not.
ExpandDetailsToggleButton	ToggleButton	A button that expands or contracts the contact card.

Default style and template

The following shows the XML namespace mapping that you have to specify when you work with styles and templates.

xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Lync.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Lync.Controls"

The following sample shows the default Windows Presentation Foundation style and template for the ContactCard control.

<Style x:Key="ContactCardStyle1" BasedOn="{StaticResource FocusVisualStyleToNullStyle}" TargetType="controls:ContactCard">
  <Setter Property="Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper PropertyBindingCollection">
    <Setter Value>
      <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelperCollection>
        <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper Binding="{Binding ContactCardBorderBrush, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" Property="BorderBrush"/>
        <Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelper Binding="{Binding ContactCardBackgroundBrush, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" Property="Background"/>
      </Microsoft_Lync_Internal_Utilities_Helpers:SetterValueBindingHelperCollection>
    </Setter Value>
  </Setter>
  <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
  <Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter Value>
      <ControlTemplate TargetType="controls:ContactCard">
        <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" CornerRadius="5" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="300">
          <StackPanel Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
            <Grid x:Name="PART_NoteContainer">
              <Microsoft_Lync_Controls_Internal:ContactNote Background="{Binding ContactCardBubbleBackgroundBrush, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" Grid ColumnSpan="2" IsTabStop="False" Margin="-1,-1,-1,0" Grid Row="0" Source="{TemplateBinding Model}" Visibility="{Binding Source PresenceItems DefaultNote, Converter={StaticResource NullOrEmptyStringToVisibilityConverter}, FallbackValue=Collapsed, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"/>
            </Grid>
            <controls:ContactContentPresenter BotContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardBriefBotDataTemplate}" ContextualInformation="{TemplateBinding ContextualInformation}" ContentType="{Binding Model ContactType, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Grid ColumnSpan="2" Content="{TemplateBinding Model}" GroupContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardBriefDistributionListDataTemplate}" Height="52" Margin="0,6,0,0" PersonContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardBriefPersonDataTemplate}" Grid Row="1" Grid RowSpan="1" TelephoneContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardBriefTelephoneDataTemplate}"/>
            <Grid Height="22" Margin="6,8,2,3">
              <Grid ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="22"/>
              </Grid ColumnDefinitions>
              <Microsoft_Lync_Controls_Internal:ActionsBar ContextualInformation="{TemplateBinding ContextualInformation}" IsTabStop="False" Source="{TemplateBinding Model}"/>
              <Rectangle Fill="{Binding ContactCardBorderBrushLight, Source={StaticResource ControlColors}}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Height="20" Margin="0,0,2,0" Visibility="{TemplateBinding ExpanderVisibility}" Width="1"/>
              <Microsoft_Lync_Controls_Internal:HelpTextToggleButton x:Name="PART_ExpandDetailsToggleButton" Grid Column="1" Height="22" IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" IsEnabled="{TemplateBinding IsSignedIn}" Style="{StaticResource FocusVisualStyleToNullStyle}" Template="{StaticResource ExpanderToggleButtonTemplate}" Visibility="{TemplateBinding ExpanderVisibility}" Width="22">
                <ToolTipService ToolTip>
                  <ToolTip Content="{Binding IsExpanded, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToExpanderButtonToolTipConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource DefaultToolTipStyle}"/>
                </ToolTipService ToolTip>
                <ContentControl Style="{StaticResource IconStyle ExpanderWedge}"/>
              </Microsoft_Lync_Controls_Internal:HelpTextToggleButton>
            </Grid>
            <Grid x:Name="PART_DetailsContainer">
              <controls:ContactContentPresenter BotContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardDetailsBotDataTemplate}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" ContextualInformation="{TemplateBinding ContextualInformation}" ContentType="{Binding Model ContactType, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Content="{TemplateBinding Model}" GroupContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardDetailsDistributionListDataTemplate}" Height="Auto" PersonContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardDetailsPersonDataTemplate}" SelectedTabIndex="{Binding SelectedTabIndex, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" TelephoneContentTemplate="{StaticResource ContactCardDetailsTelephoneDataTemplate}" Visibility="{Binding IsChecked, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}, ElementName=PART_ExpandDetailsToggleButton}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="Auto"/>
            </Grid>
          </StackPanel>
        </Border>
      </ControlTemplate>
    </Setter Value>
  </Setter>
</Style>

See also

Customizing Lync Controls