Implicit styles and Visual Studio Designer

[Patrick]

Hello,
I'm creating a new WPF application and would like to use implicit styles. The application currently uses the Windows8 theme.
I've added the references to the Telerik assemblies, including Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8.
In App.xaml, I have:

<Application.Resources>
  <ResourceDictionary>
    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/System.Windows.xaml"/>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.xaml"/>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.Docking.xaml"/>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.xaml"/>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation.xaml"/>
    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
  </ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

In Window1.xaml, I just have added a RadButton.
When I run the application, the button is displayed with the right theme, but the Visual Studio 2012 designer doesn't show the content of the button, as if the theme was not loaded.
How can I have the Visual Studio designer display the button correctly?

Patrick

[Rosen Vladimirov]

Hi Patrick,

We are aware of this problem when using Implicit Styles. We are currently checking what is the best solution of this problem. The issue is related to our dynamic resources which we've used in Windows8 and Windows8Touch themes. If you use our XAML binaries you will not face the same issue.

We are really sorry for the caused inconvenience.

Regards,
Rosen Vladimirov
Telerik