This section is intended to give you broad understanding of the possible ways by which you can change the visual appearance of RadToolBar. There is also comprehensive information about the ControlTemplate and its required parts. You will need this information if you want to customize the appearance of RadToolBar.

You can modify the look of RadToolBar either by changing some of the brushes exposed by the API, or change the ControlTemplate. In the ControlTemplate you are allowed to reorder the template parts and your own objects. However, in changing the control template you should be careful to include all required parts.

Note
Note that in changing the ControlTemplate you should include all required parts. Even thought your code will compile some of the functionality may be subject to impact due to the omission of the required parts.