Difference between TargetType="controlType" and TargetType="{x:Type controlType}"

.net, targettype, wpf, xaml

Solution

Nothing. Since the property type is `Type`, the XAML parser knows to try and convert whatever you supply to a `Type`. In other scenarios, the property type might be less specific (eg. `Object`), and that's where you need the markup extension, otherwise the XAML parser will just interpret your value as a `String`.

Problem

In WPF you can set the `TargetType` to either the name of the type or you can set it to `{x:Type nameOfType}`. Does anyone know what the difference is?

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