How to set the background color consistent with current theme

[Ivano]

Hi

I'm trying to set the background color of a Grid (LayoutRoot) of a RadWindow consitent with application theme (that could be changed); RadWindow has alway a white background color despite any ApplicationTheme I could set.
Currently I'm adding a dummy element

<telerik:RadMenu Name="radMenu" Visibility="Collapsed" Width="0" Height="0"/>

and copy color from radMenu.

layoutRoot.Background = radMenu.Background;

Is there a better way to do that?

Thanks
Ivano

[Konstantina]

Hello Ivano,

Thank you for contacting us.

Unfortunately, the Background of the Window is hard-coded, and you can change it only though editing the style of the Window. The work around you are using is pretty good.
We will consider changing the behaviour of the Background property of the Window in one of our future releases.

If you have any other questions please let us know.

Sincerely yours,
Konstantina
the Telerik team

[Ivano]

Hi

I've encountered same issue with RadTreeView and perhaps there are more controls (both your or standard) suffering that.
My feeling is that developing a consistent WPF application, where theme could change, may need a way to get some default (for background, foreground, etc..) from current theme.
My suggestion is to extend StyleManager (or whatever you consider appropriate) providing properties like:
- StyleManager.CurrentTheme.DefaultBackground,
- StyleManager.CurrentTheme.DefaultForeground,
- ....

Sincerely
Ivano

[Pana]

Hello Ivano,

We have had the idea of creating something like 'System-Colors' object that can provide some of the brushes used in the current theme. We have not implemented yet one though. As such requests occur once in a while we will consider such solution but we do not have plans to do it in the near future. Thank you for your feedback.

Regards,
Panayot
the Telerik team

[Jaroslav Půbal]

+1
I need this too. Now I do some dirty hacks to get current theme consistent background.

[Sathish]

I need this too..

I want to apply a the skin background to an aspx panel.

My requirement is that I want to create a header bar like an empty radmenu with itemtemplate, but without the overhead. I just want the panel to look like a skinned bar.. for that I need a skin manager which will get me the background images and colors

[Yana]

Hello,

Thank you for sending your feedback.

Best wishes,
Yana
the Telerik team

[Robert]

+1 me also.

[Vikash]

Hello Telerik Team,

Can you explain or send me a sample project how to change wpf grid background appearance according to the theme which i have selected.

[Thilo]

Hello Telerik Team,

Any News on this Topic ?
Is there a solution in sight?

[Yana]

Hi Thilo,

Using Windows8 theme ( it is called Metro in the older versions of the controls) you could achieve the needed approach. Please check this help article where the approach is explained in more details  (just replace MetroColors with Windows8Colors).

Kind regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

[Benjamin]

Hello,

Can we have the same for other themes ? Could you create a TelerikColors class independant from theme ? I want to allow the user to select the theme and I want to keep my UI consistent.

Thank you for your great Job ! ;)

[Yana]

Hello Benjamin,

This approach can be used only with Windows8 and Windows8Touch themes.

Kind regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

[Benjamin]

Hello Yana,

Ok, but does you plan to implement it ?

Thanks

[Yana]

Hello Benjamin,

These themes (Windows8 and Windows8Touch) are designed from the beginning to work like this. Unfortunately the other themes cannot be changed now as this will introduce a breaking change in them.

Thank you for the understanding.

All the best,
Yana
the Telerik team