Silverlight: Deleting Template Parts

Question

Hello,

I have a question regarding template parts. I want to create a control that inherits from ChildWindow, but I don't want it to have a border, OK/Close buttons, etc.

Is it an acceptable practice to remove the template parts that I don't want? I have created a copy of the ChildWindow template in Blend and removed the template parts, and it works fine - I just want to make sure that that won't cause any problems down the road.

Thanks, Charles

Answer 1

If you read some of the custom control development documentation on MSDN it specifically mentions that developers should anticipate that template parts may not exist and code for it, so I think you're Ok there. Personally, when I need to remove template parts I prefer to leave them in the Xaml but set Visibility = Collapsed for something like a button or BorderWidth = 0 for something like a Border. Personal preference I suppose.