How to set child of ControlTemplate as Binding source?

Question

Here i have a control template which has label as its child.
Now i want to get properties of that label like text or width.
How to achieve this with xaml?

<ControlTemplate x:key="MyLabel">
<Label
Text="This Is a Button"
/>
</ControlTemplate>

<Button
Text="{Binding Source={x:Reference MyLabel}, Path=Text}" />

Answer 1

Hello,​

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No, you cannot get Width of ControlTemplate, ControlTemplate do not extend VisualElement, If a control extend VisualElement will have Width property that you can bind it.

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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