How can I extend upon the style I have declared in CustomTreeView? so that I have a lightgray foreground and a green background?
CustomTreeView.xaml
<TreeView x:Class="WpfApplication17.CustomTreeView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="LightGray"/>
</Style>
</TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
</TreeView>
Window.xaml
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication17.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication17">
<local:CustomTreeView ItemsSource="{Binding Data}">
<local:CustomTreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TreeViewItem}}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Green"/>
</Style>
</local:CustomTreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
</local:CustomTreeView>
</Window>
Not sure if this is the right approach, but I ended up using it.