How do I show a custom button theme while the application theme is also loaded in the visual studio designer?

[Benjamin]

My application uses a global application wide theme via ThemeResolutionService.

I can view my form, buttons, grids etc in the application theme when using the visual studio designer because I load the application theme in the form constructor.

I have a button that will use a different theme called "RedButton". I can force the button to use the different theme at run time via RadThemeManager using:

myButton.ElementTree.EnableApplicationThemeName = False
myButton.ThemeName = "RedButton"

At runtime, I can see my red button. However; in the visual studio designer, the 'red button' is still using the application theme.

I don't see the ability to disable the application theme on my button in the designer.

How can I get the visual studio designer to show my 'red button' while the application theme is also loaded?

[Benjamin]

Never mind, I figured it out.

Visual studio designer only respects the RadButton.ElementTree.EnableApplicationThemeName property inside the InitializeComponent() method.

My button inherits RadButton so adding a browsable property allows me to set it via the properties window and therefore gets set inside InitializeComponent.

 <Browsable(True), DefaultValue(True)>
    Public Property EnableApplicationTheme() As Boolean
        Get
            Return ElementTree.EnableApplicationThemeName
        End Get
        Set(value As Boolean)
            ElementTree.EnableApplicationThemeName = value
        End Set
    End Property

Now I can view my form in the designer using the application theme with my button using a custom theme.

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Benjamin,

I am glad that you have found a suitable solution for your scenario.

I would like just to mention that instead of applying a global theme  via the ThemeResolutionService, it is possible to apply a theme to the form (by using the ThemeName property) and then apply it to the ThemeName  property to all controls:

Step 1:

Step 2:

This will iterate the Controls collection and set the control's ThemeName respectively:

Step 3: It is possible to change the ThemeName for a particular control:

It is up to the developer which approach to use in the application according to the complete requirements that should be achieved.

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal
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