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MS Controls Implicit Themes

Topic Overview

Purpose

This topic explains the implicit themes for Microsoft controls.

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Topic Purpose

This topic explains the themes in general.

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This topic contains the following sections:

Introduction

Summary

In addition to the themes provided for all Ultimate UI for WPF controls, Infragistics provides implicit themes for several Microsoft controls allowing you to use these themes for the convenience of keeping your application styling consistency when using both Infragistics and Microsoft controls in the same application. The themes definitions spread across several files that must be included in your project in order to implement a theme. The files you will have to include depend of the Microsoft controls you want to use, for example, the core Microsoft controls and the toolkit controls have their Infragistics themes defined in separate files.

IG Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the IG theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 1.png

Resource dictionaries

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • IG.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • IG.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code Example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="IG.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="IG.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Metro Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the Metro theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 2.png

Property settings

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • Metro.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • Metro.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="Metro.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="Metro.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Metro Dark Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the Metro Dark theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 3.png

Property settings

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • MetroDark.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • MetroDark.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="MetroDark.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="MetroDark.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Office 2010 Blue Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the Office 2010 Blue theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 4.png

Resource dictionaries

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • Office2010Blue.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • Office2010Blue.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="Office2010Blue.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="Office2010Blue.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Office 2013 Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the Office 2013 theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 5.png

Resource dictionaries

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • Office2013.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • Office2013.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="Office2013.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="Office2013.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
	  </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Royal Dark Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the Royal Dark theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 6.png

Resource dictionaries

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • RoyalDark.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • RoyalDark.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="RoyalDark.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="RoyalDark.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Royal Light Theme

Overview

The following screenshot demonstrates several Microsoft controls using the Royal Light theme:

MS Controls Implicit Themes 7.png

Resource dictionaries

To use this theme you have to include the following resource dictionaries in your project:

  • RoyalLight.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

  • RoyalLight.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml for the controls from the following XML namespace:

    http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit

  • Styles.Shared.xaml

  • Styles.WPF.xaml

  • Theme.Colors.xaml

Code example

The following code snippet shows how to include the resource dictionaries in order to use the theme:

In XAML:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="RoyalLight.MSControls.Core.Implicit.xaml" />
        <ResourceDictionary Source="RoyalLight.MSControls.Toolkit.Implicit.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <!-- Put controls here -->
</Grid>

Related Content

Topics

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.

Topic Purpose

This topic explains how to apply a theme.

This topic lists the current location of the default theme.

Resources

The following material provides additional information related to this topic.

Title Purpose

A blog post describing the Metro Light and Metro Dark themes.