# Forced to use this assinine technology

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forced-to-use-this-assinine-technology/314286>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 23, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forced-to-use-this-assinine-technology/314286 "2010-09-23T20:10:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![amidude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@amidude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amidude)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forced-to-use-this-assinine-technology/314286/1 "2010-09-23T20:10:13Z")

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I’m trying to change the state on a tab when it is selected. Coming from a common sense application like FLEX to a not so common sense application like Silverlight I can tell that I am going to have to up my rate.

First off…there is NO way to separate the presentation layer from the application layer by importing a stylesheet. Second…is all of the style attributes are inline (especially so in this application that I am working on)

All I want to do is style a tab when it is selected and apply no style to it when it is not. Not even Microsoft’s own website can give me a straight answer.

Is there anyway I can do this FAST in Silverlight/Blend or am I going to have to recommend to this client that they scrap this piece of junk “solution” and build something better in FLEX?