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    <pre><code> x:Key </code></pre> <p>Is used when you need to define an element in a ResourceDictionary . </p> <p>For example : a Style or some element you wan't to initalize in xaml .</p> <pre><code> &lt;Style TargetType=Button x:Key="MyBtnStyle&gt; ...... &lt;myLocalNs:MyType x:Key="MyType1" /&gt; </code></pre> <p>.</p> <pre><code> x:Name </code></pre> <p>Would be used when you wan't to eather reference an element from Your Code Behind :</p> <pre><code> &lt;UserControl&gt; &lt;Grid x:Name="grid"&gt; &lt;Button x:Name="btn" /&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;/UserControl&gt; </code></pre> <p>in the UserControl.cs :</p> <pre><code> btn.Contnent = "Im A Button"; grid.RowDefenitions.Add(new RowDefenition()); </code></pre> <p>another case where you would use x:Name is when targeting an element in a ControlTemplate / DataTemplate / Style through Triggers , using <strong>TargetName</strong> </p> <p>For Example :</p> <pre><code>&lt;DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type h:HierarchicalNode}"&gt; &lt;Grid&gt; &lt;CheckBox x:Name="chkbox" /&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;DataTemplate.Triggers&gt; &lt;DataTrigger Binding="{Binding HasChildren}" Value="False"&gt; &lt;Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" TargetName="chkbox"/&gt; &lt;/DataTrigger&gt; &lt;/DataTemplate.Triggers&gt; &lt;/DataTemplate&gt; </code></pre> <p>Another case is when you would wan't to bind to an element in XAML .</p> <pre><code> &lt;UserControl&gt; &lt;Grid x:Name="grid"&gt; &lt;Button x:Name="btn" Content="{Binding ElementName=grid ,Path=Name}"/&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;/UserControl&gt; </code></pre> <p>FYI , x:Name would also be used when you want to Target elements using Interaction Triggers or VisualState's .</p>
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