--- This post has already been posted in the "Design" forum... but it seems it was nor the right place - Sorry posting it 2 times--- 

Hi all,
I'm working on Customizing Silverlight Controls. I would like to Set all my TextBox with :

• a custom backgroud
• a RadiusX="3" RadiusY="3"

<Style TargetType="TextBox" x:Key="_STYL_TextBox">
  <Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter.Value>
      <ControlTemplate TargetType="TextBox">
        <Grid>
           <Rectangle Width="90" Height="20" Stroke="#FFFFFFFF" StrokeThickness="1" RadiusX="3" RadiusY="3" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,0,0,0">
                 <Rectangle.Fill>
                    <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.504,0.483" StartPoint="0.504,-0.4">
                    <GradientStop Color="#FFB4DDFF" Offset="0.524"/>
                    <GradientStop Color="#FFFCFCFC" Offset="1"/>
                    <GradientStop Color="#FFDDEEFD" Offset="0.688"/>
                 </LinearGradientBrush>
              </Rectangle.Fill>
          </Rectangle>
         <TextBox Text="{TemplateBinding Text}" Width="Auto" Height="Auto" Margin="0,0,0,0" BorderThickness="0,0,0,0" Background="#00FFFFFF" FontSize="12"/>
      </Grid>
    </ControlTemplate>
  </Setter.Value>
 </Setter>
</Style>

<TextBox x:Name="_TBX_Test" Style="{StaticResource _STYL_TextBox}" Text="Eric" Canvas.Top="10" Canvas.Left="10" />

I can't type-in anything in my textbox...
 

It seems I could do something setting completly the Template... but I don't want to redefine completly a tesbox for a simple border...

thanks for your help,

Eric.

Why do you use another TextBox in your template?

 The Template contract for TextBox is to have a Border Element with name "ELEMENT_content" like this

<ControlTemplate>

         <Border x:Name="ELEMENT_Content"

                        BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"

                        BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"

                        Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"

                        Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"

                        />

</ControlTemplate>

This template will render the TextBox with the default view. You can for sure customize any of these properties, like the background to be customized as you want. You can contain this Broder inside a Rectangle with Radious, etc..

Thanks

Danial Zaki