Creating a User Control interface

Typically, a User Control is a group of elements and controls joined together to create a reusable component. This is often used to show the same UI in multiple places, either on the same window or in a different window.

In this recipe, we will learn how to create a User Control interface with all its typical features.

Getting ready

Get started by creating a new project. Open the Visual Studio IDE and create a new project based on the WPF application template. Name it CH05.UserControlDemo.

How to do it...

To demonstrate the complete use of User Control, we will be creating a color mixer control, exposing some properties from it and binding data using converters. Perform the following simple steps:

1. Once the project has been created, add a new User Control element inside the project. To do this, right-click on the project and select Add | User Control... from the context menu entry.
2. From the Add New Item dialog, select User Control (WPF) as the template to create...