More Type Conversion
Plain text can often be used as the child of an object element, as in the following XAML declaration of SolidColorBrush:
<SolidColorBrush>White</SolidColorBrush>
As explained earlier, this is equivalent to the following:
<SolidColorBrush Color="White"/>
even though Color has not been designated as a content property. In this case, the first XAML snippet works because a type converter exists that can convert strings such as "White" (or "white" or "#FFFFFF") into a SolidColorBrush object.
Although type converters play a huge role in making XAML readable, the downside is that they can make XAML appear a bit “magical,” and it can be difficult to understand how it maps ...
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