Simplest way to style/present ComboBoxItem in Silverlight?

Question

Hello,
What is the simplest way to customize the content display of ComboBoxItem? I would like to present a list of font names, with each item drawn in the appropriate font.
I suspect I need something like

<TextBlock FontFamily="{TemplateBinding Content}" Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" />

Where would that go?
Can I create a control template for ComboBoxItem, and use it for only selected ComboBoxes?
Thanks for any hints....

Answer 1

Silverlight 3 does not have implicit styling, so if you create a style with a ControlTemplate to accomplish this, you would have to explicitly assign it to the ComboBox. No worries about it getting accidentally picked up.

I was able to achieve this with the following XAML inside the ComboBox, bound to an ObservableCollection<string>:

<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
        <TextBlock FontFamily="{Binding}" Text="{Binding}"/>
    </DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>

Obviously, the Binding would probably need a property name if you're binding to something more complex, but this allowed me to see the various selections in their own font.

You could also refactor this either into a DataTemplate or a style if you find yourself reusing it.