How to designate a child view within a TabControl for WPF

Question

I'm fairly new to wpf and I'm designing a UI with Modern UI. I've got a basic ModernUI Modern Tab with four different Linked DisplayName's showing the source of the child views as shown below:

    <mui:ModernTab Layout="Tab" SelectedSource="/Views/SampleTabView/SampleTabView1.xaml">
        <mui:ModernTab.Links>
            <mui:Link DisplayName="Sample View 1" Source="/Views/SampleTabView/SampleTabView1.xaml" />
            <mui:Link DisplayName="Sample View 2" Source="/Views/SampleTabView/SampleTabView2.xaml" />
            <mui:Link DisplayName="Sample View 3" Source="/Views/SampleTabView/SampleTabView3.xaml" />
            <mui:Link DisplayName="Sample View 4" Source="/Views/SampleTabView/SampleTabView4.xaml" />
        </mui:ModernTab.Links>
    </mui:ModernTab>

But what I'm wondering is in the TabControl is there a way to designate a child view like I do with the Source in ModernTab's. Below is a sample of my code for the TabControl:

    <TabControl>
        <TabItem Header="Sample View 1">
            View 1
        </TabItem>
        <TabItem Header="Sample View 2">
            View 2
        </TabItem>
        <TabItem Header="Sample View 3">
            View 3
        </TabItem>
        <TabItem Header="Sample View 4">
            View 4
        </TabItem>
    </TabControl>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '14 at 21:19

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Nope AFAIK there is no such thing but I guess these XAML files are UserControls.

So you could simply do:

<TabControl>
    <TabItem Header="Sample View 1">
        <local:SampleTabView1></local:SampleTabView1>
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem Header="Sample View 2">
        <local:SampleTabView2></local:SampleTabView2>
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem Header="Sample View 3">
        <local:SampleTabView3></local:SampleTabView3>
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem Header="Sample View 4">
        <local:SampleTabView4></local:SampleTabView4>
    </TabItem>
</TabControl>

Am I missing something?...

answered Aug 27 '14 at 21:19

Pragmateek

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How do you define local in the xaml file? – yams Aug 27 '14 at 21:21
And it is a UserControl – yams Aug 27 '14 at 21:23
@MarkBasler Like this `xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TheNamespace.That.Contains.The.Views"` – Pragmateek Aug 27 '14 at 21:23
And if they are in another assembly: `xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TheNamespace.That.Contains.The.Views;assembly=The.Other.Assembly"` – Pragmateek Aug 27 '14 at 21:24
Yup that Did it. I appreciate it. – yams Aug 27 '14 at 21:25

How to designate a child view within a TabControl for WPF

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