Explicit styles in custom theme

[Ross]

I've created a custom theme using the 'Telerik approach' that is laid out in the documentation. This works great for implicit theming of the controls, but if I want to include explicit styles (styles with a x:Key) is that possible? I would really like to have these styles included in a compiled assembly.

Thanks,
Ross

[Dani]

Hi Ross,

Basically, a style would override any theme applied to the control, regardless of whether the style is explicit or implicit. But what you can do is try basing your style on your custom theme.

Please, consider the following xaml snippet in App.xaml:

<Application
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    x:Class="SilverlightApplication3.App"
    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SilverlightApplication3">
    <Application.Resources>
        <local:CustomTheme x:Key="Theme" />
        <Style x:Key="MyCustomButtonStyle" TargetType="telerik:RadButton" telerik:StyleManager.BasedOn="{StaticResource Theme}" />

    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

I hope this will help you achieve your goal. If you need further assistance on theming, please let me know.


All the best,
Dani
the Telerik team