Using styling inside TabControl

09-11-2008 5:18 AM |

Hi!

I'm having trouble styling a TextBlock that is placed inside a TabControl.

I have created a style in App.xaml:

<Style TargetType="TextBlock" x:Key="InputTextBlock">
    <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Verdana" />
    <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="30" />
</Style>

And use the style like this:

<TextBlock Text="Testing" Style="{StaticResource InputTextBlock}"  />

This actually works just fine. The problem occurs when I try to use this style on a TextBlock that is placed inside a TabControl. My xaml is structured like this:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
    <TabControl>
        <TabItem>
            <TextBlock>

If I place the TextBlock outside the TabControl it works fine, but as soon as it is in the TabItem it stops working.

 

Does anyone have any ideas what the problem is? 

I'm using Silverlight 2 Beta 2 

Re: Using styling inside TabControl

09-11-2008 5:38 AM |

Strangely, it works fine when I'm styling a TextBox in the same location...

Re: Using styling inside TabControl

09-11-2008 7:19 AM |

Hi,

Yes, you can style the TextBox byt set the Properties in xaml. But using Styles gives a problems.

Re: Using styling inside TabControl

09-11-2008 8:12 AM |

No, I'm actually styling it the same way as I try to style the TextBlock. That is, using a style defined in App.xaml (as described above). And it works!

So, it DOES work with TextBox but it DOES NOT work with TextBlock...