Mastering Visual Studio 2017

Application designing with the XAML style

A style is a collection of property settings applied to one or more instances of a control to provide a better look across the application. It is possible to customize your UWP application experience by styling the XAML controls but to apply the style, the target object must be a DependencyObject and the target property must be a DependencyProperty.

You can set styles for individual controls, page-level controls, application-level controls, or shared between multiple applications running across devices.

You need to define the style under the Resources property. When you define the style inline to a control, it will be available only within the context of the control. When you move that style to its ...