I have two projects in my solution: main WPF app and control library. Inside control library there are three resource dictionaries: Colors.xaml, Styles.xaml and Generic.xaml with the following contents:
Colors.xaml
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="MyBrush"
Color="Yellow" />
</ResourceDictionary>
Styles.xaml
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}"
x:Key="DefaultTextBox">
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="{StaticResource MyBrush}"></Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
Generic.xaml
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Styles.xaml" />
<ResourceDictionary Source="Color.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
Now, I want to add this Generic.xaml into application resources and use the textbox style inside main window like this:
App.xaml
<Application xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
x:Class="WpfApplication1.App"
StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/ClassLibrary;component/Generic.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
</Application>
MainWindow.xaml
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="700" Width="525">
<TextBox Style="{StaticResource DefaultTextBox}" />
</Window>
BUT the problem is that it leads to exception
'{DependencyProperty.UnsetValue}' is not a valid value for property 'Background'.
At the same time using <TextBox Background="{StaticResource MyBrush}"/>
works fine. How can I fix this problem?