TabControl.SelectedContentTemplate Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets the DataTemplate of the currently selected item.

public:
 property System::Windows::DataTemplate ^ SelectedContentTemplate { System::Windows::DataTemplate ^ get(); };

public System.Windows.DataTemplate SelectedContentTemplate { get; }

member this.SelectedContentTemplate : System.Windows.DataTemplate

Public ReadOnly Property SelectedContentTemplate As DataTemplate

Property Value

DataTemplate

The DataTemplate of the selected item.

Examples

The following example creates a ControlTemplate for the TabControl. Setting the ContentSource property to "SelectedContent" creates aliases to the SelectedContent, SelectedContentTemplate, and SelectedContentTemplateSelector properties.

<Style  TargetType="{x:Type TabControl}">
  <Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle"
          Value="True" />
  <Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels"
          Value="True" />
  <Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter.Value>
      <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabControl}">
        <Grid KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local">
          <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
            <RowDefinition Height="*" />
          </Grid.RowDefinitions>
          <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
              <VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
                <Storyboard>
                  <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Border"
                                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Border.BorderBrush).
                    (SolidColorBrush.Color)">
                    <EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0"
                                         Value="#FFAAAAAA" />
                  </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                </Storyboard>
              </VisualState>
            </VisualStateGroup>
          </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
          <TabPanel x:Name="HeaderPanel"
                    Grid.Row="0"
                    Panel.ZIndex="1"
                    Margin="0,0,4,-1"
                    IsItemsHost="True"
                    KeyboardNavigation.TabIndex="1"
                    Background="Transparent" />
          <Border x:Name="Border"
                  Grid.Row="1"
                  BorderThickness="1"
                  CornerRadius="2"
                  KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local"
                  KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained"
                  KeyboardNavigation.TabIndex="2">
            <Border.Background>
              <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1"
                                   StartPoint="0.5,0">
                <GradientStop Color="{DynamicResource ContentAreaColorLight}"
                              Offset="0" />
                <GradientStop Color="{DynamicResource ContentAreaColorDark}"
                              Offset="1" />
              </LinearGradientBrush>
            </Border.Background>
            <Border.BorderBrush>
              <SolidColorBrush Color="{DynamicResource BorderMediumColor}"/>
            </Border.BorderBrush>
            <ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_SelectedContentHost"
                              Margin="4"
                              ContentSource="SelectedContent" />
          </Border>
        </Grid>
      </ControlTemplate>
    </Setter.Value>
  </Setter>
</Style>

The following example binds the SelectedContentTemplate property to the ContentPresenter.ContentTemplate property by using the TemplateBinding Markup Extension.

<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding SelectedContent}" 
     ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding SelectedContentTemplate}" 
     ContentTemplateSelector="{TemplateBinding SelectedContentTemplateSelector}" />

Remarks

The TabControl updates this property to reference to the DataTemplate for the active TabItem when the tab selection changes. Set TabControl.ContentTemplate or the ContentTemplate property on a TabItem to specify the DataTemplate for a TabItem.

The ControlTemplate of the TabControl uses the ContentPresenter.ContentSource property to bind the ContentPresenter.ContentTemplate property to this property. If you create a new ControlTemplate for the TabControl, be sure to the bind the ContentPresenter.Content property to this property by setting the ContentPresenter.ContentSource property to "SelectedContent" or by using TemplateBinding Markup Extension.

XAML Attribute Usage

<object property="{TemplateBinding SelectedContentTemplate}"/>  

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	SelectedContentTemplateProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None