WPF Styling setter's targetname to dependencyproperty's property

Question

I am trying to set the targetname of a style setter to a dependency property's Name property. Not quite sure how to approach this.

 //Customcontrol's Generic.xaml <Style TargetType="{x:Type Controls:MyControl}"> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Controls:MyControl}"> <Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"> <ContentControl Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"/> </Border> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> <Setter TargetName="WHAT SHOULD I PUT HERE" Property="Opacity" Value="0.75"/> </Style> // Dependency Property public static readonly DependencyProperty LabelToDisplayProperty ... // In XAML that adds the custom control LabelToDisplay="{x:Reference Name=TitleLabel}" 

Basically in the TargetName I would like to put the name of the object that LabelToDisplay property references.

Answer 1

Maybe you can move that Opacity setter into LabelToDisplay object and trigger it only when needed?

Maybe you can bind against LabelToDisplay in TargetName?

If not, there is last option I think, you'll make new DataTrigger against LabelToDisplay, and then you do:

<DataTrigger.EnterActions>

    Animation here

</DataTrigger.EnterActions>

You can set Target with animation easily. (Eg you don't need "Name" property at all, just give the object it needs)