Styles and templates

The topics in this section describe how you can customize Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight 2 controls by creating a set of templates and styles, resulting in a unique and consistent look for your application. Templates and styles define the pieces that make up a control and the default behavior of the control, respectively.

Note

Styles and templates are not supported in Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 projects, but you can create JavaScript classes to define reusable controls. For an example, see the Button class in the ButtonGallery sample that is available from the Samples tab in the Welcome Screen (on the Help menu). For more information, see the Silverlight learning center.

In This Section

Conceptual

• Style and template overview

• Working with simple styles

• SimpleButton

• SimpleCheckBox

• SimpleComboBox and SimpleComboBoxItem

• SimpleExpander

• SimpleListBox and SimpleListBoxItem

• SimpleMenu and SimpleMenuItem

• SimpleProgressBar

• SimpleScrollBar

• SimpleScrollViewer

• SimpleSlider

• SimpleTabControl and SimpleTabItem

How to

• Create a style resource

• Edit a style

• Apply a style resource

• Restore the default style

• Create or edit a control template

• Navigate the style hierarchy using the breadcrumb bar

Try it

• Try it: Create a button by using bitmap effects

• Try it: Add animation to a button

• Try it: Create a rollover button

• Try it: Customize the appearance of the check mark in a SimpleCheckBox

• Try it: Customize the appearance of the expander button in a SimpleComboBox

• Try it: Changing the look of the selected item in a SimpleListBox

• Try it: Customize the progress indicator of a SimpleProgressBar

• Try it: Customize the look of a SimpleScrollBar

• Try it: Customize the Thumb element of a SimpleSlider

• Try it: Customize the SimpleTabItem using a bitmap effect

See also

Concepts

Simple styles

Resources