Is possible to have a different tag name in winui 3 user control?

Question

Is it possible to have a different tag name fo my user control?

My class looks like:

public sealed partial class ValidationControl : UserControl { ... }

and used like this:

<controls:ValidationControl Model="{x:Bind ViewModel, Mode=OneWay}" PropertyName="Name"/>

Is there some property in my user control that could change the tag name but that my class' name will continue naming ValidationControl?:

<controls:Validation Model="{x:Bind ViewModel, Mode=OneWay}" PropertyName="Name"/>

I have another class named Validation, that's why I cannot name only Validation to my control.

Answer 1

You could create a one-liner marker type:

public class AlternativeName : ValidationControl { }

...and instantiate this one instead of the base class:

<controls:lternativeName ...

Don't forget to also remove the sealed keyword from the definition of the existing ValidationControl class:

public partial class ValidationControl : UserControl { ... }