Resources panel

This page applies to WPF and Silverlight 2

The Resources panel in Microsoft Expression Blend lists all the resources that are used in the currently open project. You can drag resources from the Resources panel onto the artboard, to apply them to an object, or to create a new object that uses that resource. For more information about resources, see Resources overview, Create a brush or color resource, and Style and template overview.

The Resources panel, undocked

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Create a new resource dictionary

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A linked resource

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Filter the list of resources

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Thumbnail previews of resources

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Application-level resources

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Document-level resources

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Various resource containers, such as resource dictionaries, and the open document (Window1.xaml)

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Resource dictionaries are not available in Silverlight 2 projects.
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Object-level resources