Dynamic Theme Suggestion

[Lindsay Miles]

Not sure if this is possible but here goes...

In the controls' theme .xaml files, have two master colors of type SolidColorBrush - Borders and Bodies. All other color declarations for various parts can be (are) a light/darker/linear color of the "master" color(s).

So BorderColor might use the color assigned to Borders exactly or use as a base and change opacity and/or gradient of that color. Same for goes for Background using Bodies color as a base.

In that way, any developer can adjust only the two master colors of Borders and Bodies and the whole theme adjusts accordingly.

If that were possible, I could apply say black or dark-grey to both Borders and Bodies, and get almost a Dark them. I could apply my company's two main colors and apply that. Or I can apply the same color to both Borders and Bodies.

If it turns out ugly, well, the user should pick better matching colors :-)

At least then the manipulation of themes isn't a daunting task.

If that doesn't work, create a theme similar to "Expression Dark" ASAP that so many would welcome!
The std. themes are smart (transparenttheme) but really, none are very pretty.

Also, get rid of that horizontal split in background colors of the buttons and other controls. A smooth gradient or solid color will do!

Theming is still the weakest link in the Telerik chain not to mention complex/daunting to change. ALL else is excellent!

Thanks

[Miroslav]

Hello Lindsay Miles,

Thank you for your feedback!

Yes, we have discussed internally something like theme master colors but this has not been implemented yet.

Do you know that we ship the xaml sources for our themes (they are installed with the controls). There all brushes used by the controls are in a separate file or just before the control templates / styles.

We have also considered creating an Expression dark theme - thanks you for voicing your opinion about it.

I passed your feedback to our designers.

Kind regards,
Miroslav
the Telerik team