Materialdesigninxamltoolkit: Can't style PackIcon

[elvince]

Hi,
Sorry to put that as an issue, as it certainly link to my knowledge, but I can't find a way to create a style for PackIcon in my application.

Here is what I try to do:

xmlns:materialDesign="http://materialdesigninxaml.net/winfx/xaml/themes"
<Style x:Key="test" TargetType="{x:Type materialDesign:PackIcon}">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="5" />
        </Style>

When doing that I have an error saying:
PackIconExtension must inherit from FrameworkElement or FrameworkContentElement.

I have not clue why it is puttint the error on the extension and not packicon itself.

Thanks for your feedback.

[ButchersBoy]

Firstly, you probably want to add this: BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type materialDesign:PackIcon}}"

Is the error at design time or compile time?

[elvince]

Yeah, for the basedon, I know that I should do it, but it's the same error.
it's a design time error.

In runtime, the style is ignored.

[elvince]

I made another test.
The style is applied in runtime. It's just a design time error.

Any hints?
Thanks,

[ButchersBoy]

Visual Studio. Designer...it's not perfect...

[punker76]

@elvince The problem here is again the VS designer which doesn't get the real control behind the PackIcon class cause the base class is PackIconBase. The designer has problems with generic classes.

[elvince]

Thanks for your feeback.
I spent 3 hours on this to avoid this design errors. It's a mess.
Does vs2017 improved this?

[punker76]

@elvince Same happens in VS 2017

[soi013]

<Style TargetType="material:PackIcon">
or
<Style x:Key="materialPackIcon" TargetType="{x:Type controlzEx:PackIconBase}">
They don't happen error.
But you can't use :BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type materialDesign:PackIcon}}".

[T7nirvana]

It is mainly because there is something wrong in Nuget Configuration about “MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf”