Set ImageBrush much more simple?

[Flithor]

Current

<UserControl>
  <UserControl.Background>
    <ImageBrush Source="/Assets/Bg.png"/>
  </UserControl.Background>  
</UserControl>

What I want:

<UserControl Backgound="image(/Assets/Bg.png)"/>

like set transform: RenderTransform="matrix(-1,0,0,-1,0,0)"

[timunie]

I think this is an interesting idea, however I see some issues here:

• No binding possible which is quite common
• No async image loading possible which can result in a blocking of the UI if the image is huge
• I see no way to control other parameters easily like Stretch, StretchDirection etc which are also commonly used.

[cesarchefinho]

Write an MarkupExtension and use

< UserControl Backgound="{MyMarkupImgBind /Assets/Bg.png}" / >

Also MyMarkupImgBind can have Async and FalbackImage, Stretch, StretchDirection paramryrts etc