WPF: Button Template vs ContentTemplate

Question

Can I say that usually, in WPF, properties Template contains ContentTemplate? Or else, whats the difference?

Solution 1

Template defines the appearance of the control. ContentTemplate specifies how the content contained in/displayed by a ContentControl is to be displayed.

Here's a Social.MSDN thread containing an example that shows the difference between the two.

Hope this helps,
Ben

Solution 2

Template's value type is controlTemplate, which defines how control should looks like.

ContentTemplate's value type is dataTemplate, which define the how data should looks like. The similar property is ItemTemplate and CellTemplate.