Completing a WPF To-Do List Application - Finishing Up
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Now that you've learned the basics of styles, it's time to finish up the application. The principles are the same as before. We can create additional styles in the exact same way:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="PaleGoldenrod" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkOrange" />
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="PaleGoldenrod" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkOrange" />
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBox}">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkOrange" />
</Style>
Of course, feel free to stylize the application as you see fit. One of the things you might want to do is create a base style for all controls, and then derive other styles from that, creating styles for specific controls while saving a lot of space. Of course, there's more to styles, but everything can't possibly be covered here in such a small amount of space.
Now the to-do application is complete, and you've seen a little bit of WPF in action. We've worked with XAML, controls, events, databinding, styles, templates, and a little bit of code. However, there is a lot more to WPF, and this only serves as a short introduction. But now you know the basics, and continuing on won't be very difficult at all. See if you can expand upon the to-do list and add new features to it, such as a menu or a calendar feature.
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