Control Customization Stylable controls Interview Questions & FAQs

32. Control Customization Stylable controls

32.1 Where can I find information about guidelines to be followed while designing Stylable controls?

You can check out the following link for designing Stylable controls, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752339.aspx

32.2 What are the different models for Control authoring ?

1. Deriving from UserControl class. Consider this when,

• Your control consists of existing components.
• You don't need to support complex customization.

2. Deriving from Control,

• You would like the appearance of the control through ControlTemplate.
• You would like the control to support different themes.
  

3. Deriving from FrameworkElement,

• You want to have fine-grained control over the appearance of your control beyond what is generally provided.
• You want to define the appearance of your control by defining your own render logic.