Chapter 24. Creating panels and controls

The power of templating in Silverlight means we rarely have to create custom panels and controls. More often than not, an existing element provides the behavior we need and a custom template will provide the appearance. But there are times when you really need something that behaves differently than any of the stock panels or controls. For those cases, Silverlight provides a way for you to create your own fully featured panels and controls, supporting all the same things that the built-in ones support.

Custom panels enable you to create your own specialized ...

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