Get ContentControl Control's Template Children?

Get ContentControl Control's Template Children?

We're working on a Silverlight application that uses a generic custom ContentControl. This ContentControl has a Control Template specified in a Generic.xaml.

The inherited ContentControl's Template...

<Style TargetType="local:ExtContentControl">     <Setter Property="Template">         <Setter.Value>             <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:ExtContentControl">                 <Border x:Name="content" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"                         BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"                         BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"                         Child="{TemplateBinding Content}">                 </Border>             </ControlTemplate>         </Setter.Value>     </Setter> </Style> 

The inherited ComboBox's Template...

<controltemplate targettype="local:ExtComboBox"></controltemplate> 

...

<Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualElement" IsHitTestVisible="false" Margin="1" Opacity="0" RadiusY="2" RadiusX="2" Stroke="#FF6DBDD1" StrokeThickness="1"/> 

When it is instantiated the ContentControl's content is set to a (generic) control which can be a Textbox, Dropdown, Label or Datepicker.

public class ExtContentControl : ContentControl {     public ExtContentControl()     {         this.DefaultStyleKey = typeof(ExtContentControl);          RenderControl();     }      private void RenderControl()     {         ExtComboBox extComboBox = new ExtComboBox();         this.Content = extComboBox;     }      public override void OnApplyTemplate()     {         base.OnApplyTemplate();          Border bor = GetTemplateChild("content") as Border;          ExtComboBox cmbTest = bor.Child as ExtComboBox;          //Find FocusVisualElement from ExtComboBox Control Template         //Rectangle rec = cmbTest.FindName("FocusVisualElement") as Rectangle;         //cmbTest returns null     } } 

As you can see in my last comment...

//Find FocusVisualElement from ExtComboBox Control Template //Rectangle rec = cmbTest.FindName("FocusVisualElement") as Rectangle; //cmbTest returns null

How can I get hold of FocusVisualElement from inside OnApplyTemplate inside the ContentControl?

Hope this makes sense.

Answers & Comments...

Answer: 1

Solution for this...

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/192431/Hover-Foreground-Colour-with-dynamic-binding-Conte.aspx

by : madmaxhttp://stackoverflow.com/users/741694

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