ElementClass works in Designer, not in Run-time

[Sean McConnell]

Hello,

We customized the Stylesheet-CLASS property using the 'Edit UI Elements' for a RadPanel. For example:

Default:

Element=FillPrimitive
Class: RadPanelFill

We changed to:

Element=FillPrimitive
Class: AdminPanelFill

In our theme file, we have a property setting group with ClassSelector:

<XmlClassSelector ElementClass="AdminPanelFill">

In the designer, this works as expected, but in run-mode it fails to work. The theme IS being loaded, I confirmed this by debugging and using immediate mode to return the default style builder from the ThemeResolutionService. But instead of using our custom Class names, it reverts to 'RadPanelFill'.

Please advise on this issue, at this point it appears that using themes with custom class names for primitives does not work as expected. Possibly we are doing something wrong, however the 'manual' provides little to no help - we wish to continue using the control library for future projects, but at this time there appear to be too many bugs or inconsistencies with the help documentation.

[Nikolay]

Hi Randall Kohltfarber,

I cannot confirm the behavior you have described.

I tried your case by following the two steps below:

1. In the theme xml file, I changed <XmlClassSelector ElementClass="RadPanelFill" /> to <XmlClassSelector ElementClass="RadPanelFillCustom" />
2. Using 'Edit UI Elements', I changed the Class property of the RadPanel FillPrimitive to RadPanelFillCustom.

At run-time, the Class value of the FillPrimitive is RadPanelFillCustom and the theme is applied successfully. I tried adding the theme using both 'Load Theme From File' and 'Load Theme from resources' approaches.

If you follow the above steps, and continue to experience the kind of behavior, please open a new support ticket and send me a sample project accompanied by the theme to allow me investigate it further.

As far as our documentation is concerned, we have made significant improvements, expanding it three times from Q2 2007 to Q3 2007. We also started  Weekly Documentation Builds to keep you informed on the documentation progress and to gather your feedback in return.

Should you need additional assistance, do not hesitate to contact me.

Greetings,

Nikolay
the Telerik team

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