WPF: What is simple way to implement Tab control

Question

Our application uses WPF.
One Window includes TabControl. Each tab header includes image and text.
When the tab is selected, we need to show different image and text in different color.
One way is to create a customized control which include image and textblock. And one of dependency property is "Select".
When Select is true, use different image and set different Foreground for textblock.
Our question, could we use style to achieve this? thx!
JaneC

Answer 1

>>Our question, could we use style to achieve this? thx!
Yes, you could add a DataTrigger to the HeaderTemplate that binds to the IsSelected property of the TabItem and changes any properties of any element within the DataTemplate.
Here is an example that changes the Foreground colour of a TextBlock from Red to Green and the Source of an Image from 1.png to 2.png when the TabItem is selected:
<TabItem Header="1">
<TabItem.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock x:Name="txt" Text="{Binding}" Foreground="Red"/>
<Image x:Name="img" Source="1.png" Width="10" Height="10"/>
</StackPanel>
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsSelected, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=TabItem}}" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="txt" Property="Foreground" Value="Green"/>
<Setter TargetName="img" Property="Source" Value="2.png"/>
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</TabItem.HeaderTemplate>
<TextBlock>First...</TextBlock>
</TabItem>
Hope that helps.
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