ControlTemplate example<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListBoxItem"> 
<Border Name="ItemBorder" BorderThickness="1" Margin="1" Background="{StaticResource TransparentBrush}"> 
<ContentPresenter /> 
</Border> 
<ControlTemplate.Triggers> 
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True"> 
<Setter TargetName="ItemBorder" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource TransparentBrush}" /> 
</Trigger> 
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"> 
<Setter TargetName="ItemBorder" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource TransparentBrush}" /> 
</Trigger> 
</ControlTemplate.Triggers> 
</ControlTemplate> 

TemplateBinding example<ControlTemplate x:key="ButtonTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Button}"> 
<Border BorderBrush="Orange" BorderThickness="3" CornerRadius="2" 
Background="Red" TextBlock.Foreground="White"> 
<ContentPresenter RecognizeAccessKey="True" 
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"> 
</ContentPresenter> 
</Border> 
</ControlTemplate> 

TemplateBinding exampleprivate void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) 
{ 
Type controlType = typeof(Control); 
List<Type> derivedTypes = new List<Type>(); 
Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Control)); 
foreach (Type type in assembly.GetTypes()) 
{ 
if (type.IsSubclassOf(controlType) && !type.IsAbstract && type.IsPublic) 
{ 
derivedTypes.Add(type); 
} 
} 
derivedTypes.Sort(delegate(Type x, Type y) 
{ 
return x.FullName.CompareTo(y.FullName); 
}); 
lstTypes.ItemsSource = derivedTypes; 
} 
private void lstTypes_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e) 
{ 
try 
{ 
Type type = (Type)lstTypes.SelectedItem; 
ConstructorInfo info = type.GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes); 
Control control = (Control)info.Invoke(null); 
control.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed; 
grid.Children.Add(control); 
ControlTemplate template = control.Template; 
XmlWriterSettings setting = new XmlWriterSettings(); 
setting.Indent = true; 
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); 
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, setting); 
System.Windows.Markup.XamlWriter.Save(template, writer); 
txtTemplate.Text= sb.ToString(); 
grid.Children.Remove(control); 
} 
catch (Exception ex) 
{ 
txtTemplate.Text = string.Format("Error generating tempalte:{0}",ex); 
} 
}