# ViewLocatorAttribute class

Applied to a view model to declare which view renders it and how the hosting window should look. The window services read this attribute when a view model is shown, create the view and put it in [`Content`](./IWindowAwareViewModel/Content.md), so the view model never has to construct its own view.

```csharp
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
public class ViewLocatorAttribute : Attribute
```

## Public Members

| name | description |
| --- | --- |
| [ViewLocatorAttribute](ViewLocatorAttribute/ViewLocatorAttribute.md)(…) | Declares the view for the annotated view model, leaving the hosting window with its default style classes. (2 constructors) |
| [StyleClasses](ViewLocatorAttribute/StyleClasses.md) { get; set; } | The style classes applied to the hosting window, as a single space-separated string. Defaults to `"DefaultDialogWindow"`, and is `null` when the classes were supplied as an array instead. See [`DialogWindowClasses`](./DialogWindowClasses.md) for the recognised names. |
| [StyleClassesArray](ViewLocatorAttribute/StyleClassesArray.md) { get; } | The style classes applied to the hosting window, one per element. Set only by the constructor that takes them separately; otherwise `null`. |
| [ViewType](ViewLocatorAttribute/ViewType.md) { get; } | The type of the view created for the annotated view model. It must have a parameterless constructor. |

## See Also

* namespace [Eremex.AvaloniaUI.Controls.ApplicationServices](./index.md)

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