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Introduction to WPF Custom Controls
Introduction to WPF Custom Controls is an introductory course designed to teach the basic concepts required to get started writing custom WPF controls.
What you'll learn
Introduction to WPF Custom Controls is an introductory course designed to teach the basic concepts required to get started writing custom WPF controls. Learn how to choose a base class to start your custom control. Enable data binding support by adding your own custom properties. Learn how to add custom events and create custom commands. Add visual behavior to your custom control with the use of triggers and the visual state manager. You'll also learn how to add theming support to your custom control.
Table of contents
- Introduction | 53s
- Choosing a base class | 2m 34s
- Demo - Derive from existing control | 6m 19s
- Presenters | 43s
- Demo - ContentPresenter | 3m 43s
- Demo - ItemsPresenter | 3m 8s
- Data Binding | 1m 29s
- Demo - TemplateBinding vs TemplatedParent | 8m 18s
- Acessing Template Elements | 2m 25s
- Demo - Access elements in ControlTemplate | 9m 31s
- Summary | 42s
About the author
Brian Lagunas is a Microsoft MVP, a Microsoft Patterns & Practices Champion, Director of Technology for INETA, co-leader of the Boise .Net Developers User Group (NETDUG), board member of Boise Code Camp, speaker, trainer, author, and original creator of the Extended WPF Toolkit.