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Kelly
Kelly

Reputation: 3342

How can I reference an element inside a control template

Say I wanna put a CheckBox inside a Button. Is there anyway for me to reference that checkbox in code? i.e. In Window1.cs I want to write something like: testButton.innerCheckBox.DoStuff();

    <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">                          
        <Microsoft_Windows_Themes:ButtonChrome SnapsToDevicePixels="true" x:Name="Chrome" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}" RenderDefaulted="{TemplateBinding IsDefaulted}" RenderMouseOver="{TemplateBinding IsMouseOver}" RenderPressed="{TemplateBinding IsPressed}" ThemeColor="NormalColor">
        <Grid Width="32.083" Height="13.277">
            <ContentPresenter SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" RecognizesAccessKey="True" d:LayoutOverrides="Width, Height"/>
            <CheckBox x:Name="innerCheckBox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Content="CheckBox"/>
        </Grid>
        </Microsoft_Windows_Themes:ButtonChrome>
    </ControlTemplate>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1245

Answers (1)

Thomas Levesque
Thomas Levesque

Reputation: 292425

CheckBox innerCheckBox = testButton.Template.FindName("innerCheckBox", testButton) as CheckBox;

Upvotes: 4

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