please explain what is themes and generic.xaml?

Question

hello,

i noticed that when i create a custom control in visual studio it adds generic.xaml into the Themes folder.

what is the purpose of this folder, what is special about generic.xaml? why when i try to link to my own dictionaries from generic.xaml they do not seem to get picked up by the application?

thanks! konstantin

Answer 1

This question pretty much begs the answer 'google it'... I'm sorry but the very first result on google is this, which explains concisely and correctly what's going on with generic.xaml and offers links for more details.