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Adding Resource doesn't work in WinUI 3 for desktop
See original GitHub issueWhen adding a xaml resource the project doesn’t compile
<Grid.Resources>
<local:MyClass x:Key="asdf"/>
</Grid.Resources>
Error WMC0026 Cannot add ‘MyClass’ into the dictionary property ‘Resources’, type must be ‘Object’ C:\Projects\XXXXXX\MainWindow.xaml 48
Additionally the Window object has no Resource property.
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- Created 3 years ago
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- Comments:15 (11 by maintainers)
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I don’t think it needs to be DependencyObject in order to be placed in the resource dictionary. If it takes object, that should just work. Perhaps the markup compiler is getting tripped by something. @stevenbrix @alwu-msft any ideas ?
Marking as closed since this should be resolved in the
0.5-prereleaseversion of Project Reunion.