I recently used a Resource Dictionary and wanted to be able to tweak the xaml components on it behind the scenes. This can be accomplished fairly easily:
- In your project add a new class file. Give it the same name as the xaml.
- In the newly created file override the contents of the namespace with this code:
1234567public partial class Test1 //the class name{public Test1() //the class name{InitializeComponent();}}
- Next, go to your
<ResourceDictionary>
tag in the xaml file. Add this property with the appropriate namespace and name:x:Class="namespace.classname"
Now the two should be linked up. In Visual Studio, however, they will not be nested like normal xaml files. This bugged me. I read online that the csproj file can be edited in notepad to accomplish this. I tried and for some reason I couldn’t get it to take. I did have success with VSCommands. It is an install that adds extra features to Visual Studio. Once installed select the xaml and cs with your mouse in the tree. Right-click and choose
Group Items
. Choose the xaml as the root item to be conventional. Now Solution Explorer should show them as paired.