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Reference to another Brush from one Brush in xaml

Is it possible to directly reference to a Brush value from another Brush in my resource dictionary, without using a Color definition (or to be exact, copy one brush resource into another)?

For example, I have a Brush definition:

<SolidColorBrush x:Key="PanelBackgroundBrush" Color="White"/>

And I have a couple of other brushes I'd like to be exact the same as "PanelBackgroundBrush", something like so:

<SolidColorBrush x:Key="FolderColor" [BrushToCopy]="{StaticResource PanelBackgroundBrush}"/>

So that both "PanelBackgroundBrush" and "FolderColor" are using color white.

I understand this can be somehow achieved by using a common Color definition.

Solution

  • No way I know of to copy the brush itself, but as you say you can copy properties of the brush:

    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="FolderColor" Color="{Binding Color, Source={StaticResource PanelBackgroundBrush}}"/>

    The above should have the same effect.