Hi,

ControlNodes do not display anything else but the hosted controls. If you need a border, you could either add it to your custom controls, or define a control template for ControlNodes that includes a border element:

<Border BorderBrush={TemplateBinding Stroke}>
    <ContentPresenter />
    ....
</Border>

I hope that helps,
Stoyan

Hi,

You will need a Style that contains a ControlTemplate, and the target type for both should be ControlNode. The ControlTemplate contains border and content presenter as above. This help topic shows how to define such custom style and template for ShapeNodes:
http://www.mindfusion.eu/onlinehelp/diagramlite/index.htm?Styles_and_Control_Tem...

If you have troubles converting that to ControlNodes, we could create an example next week.

Stoyan

Hi,

The Border element auto-sizes to its content by default and will not fill the user control. You might try setting its HorizontalAlignment and VerticalAlignment to Stretch to enable that.

Borders are always rectangular, except that you can their CornerRadius property to make the corners rounded. If you need arbitrary shapes as borders, perhaps you should derive your controls from ShapeNode and set a template that displays ShapeGeometry over the image.

I hope that helps,
Stoyan