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Steven Suryana
Steven Suryana

Reputation: 179

How to use resources defined in <Styles.Resources> inside Resource Dictionary

I have a resource dictionary which is a datagrid style defined on it and a style inside that datagrid style.

<Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGrid}" x:Key="CatalogDataGrid">
    <Style.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}" x:Key="RightAlignedDataGridCell">
            <Setter Property="Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}">
                        <Border
                            Padding="5,0"
                            BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
                            BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
                            Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                            SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                            <ContentPresenter
                            SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"
                            VerticalAlignment="Center"
                            HorizontalAlignment="Right"/>
                        </Border>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </Style>
    </Style.Resources>
</Style>

Then in my XAML I tried to use RightAlignedDataGridCell so that my column be right aligned.

<DataGrid... Style="{StaticResource CatalogDataGrid}">
    <DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}">
        </DataGridTextColumn>
        <DataGridTextColumn Header="Total" Binding="{Binding Total}"
                            CellStyle="{StaticResource RightAlignedDataGridCell}">
        </DataGridTextColumn>
    </DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>

When I run my app I received resource not found exception. If I put that style on resource dictionary root. It could work. But I want RightAlignedDataGridCell stays inside <Style.Resources> of CatalogDataGrid.

How to use that RightAlignedDataGridCell on my XAML without moving it to resource dictionary root?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 18437

Answers (1)

NVM
NVM

Reputation: 5552

You will have to include the resourcedictionary in the resource section of whatever control/window etc you are using for it to be found. You can do this via MergedDictionaries.

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

Upvotes: 2

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