TabControl Styles and Using Different Images

Question

I want to be able to set different images for the different tabItems for the IsSelected = true and IsSelected = false. I have this much so far:

<TabControl Margin="60,10,96,18" TabStripPlacement="Left">
        <TabControl.Resources>
            <DataTemplate x:Key="tabItemGeneralHeaderTemplate">
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,-3,0,0" Height="51" Width="41">
                    <Image Name="tabGeneralImg" Source="C:\Users\myName\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\NetworkTools\NetworkTools\images\sidebar\homeUnselected.png" Width="41" Height="51"></Image>
                </StackPanel>
                <DataTemplate.Triggers>
                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=IsSelected,RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Value="True">
                        <Setter TargetName="tabGeneralImg" Property="Source" Value="C:\Users\myName\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\NetworkTools\NetworkTools\images\sidebar\homeSelected.png"/>
                    </DataTrigger>
                </DataTemplate.Triggers>
            </DataTemplate>
        </TabControl.Resources>
        <TabItem Name="tabItemGeneral" HeaderTemplate="{StaticResource tabItemGeneralHeaderTemplate}">
            <Grid>

            </Grid>
        </TabItem>
        <TabItem Name="tabItemGenera2" HeaderTemplate="{StaticResource tabItemGeneralHeaderTemplate}">
            <Grid>

            </Grid>
        </TabItem>
    </TabControl>

I was wondering if you'd have to create separate styles for each tabItem or is there a more efficient way of doing this?

Answer 1

A better way to do it would be a UserControl with two images. Bind the visibility of one image to be the inverse of the visibility of the other image, and bind the other visibility to a boolean on the control, maybe called ShowDisabled. That way you simply have an instance of the 'TwinImage' with the correct normal and disabled images, and apply your style to flip the ShowDisabled and avoid the repetition.