Selecting theme used by designer

[Mike Henders]

I'm using the Windows 7 Theme for my WPF controls with the following code:

public Shell() {
  InitializeComponent();

  Telerik.Windows.Controls.StyleManager.ApplicationTheme = new Telerik.Windows.Controls.Windows7Theme();
}

The controls use the theme as expected at runtime.  However, when viewing the controls at design-time in Expression or Visual Studio they show up with the default (Office Black?) theme.  How do I select WIndows 7 (or any other theme) at design time?

Cheers,
Mike

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hi Mike,


Unfortunately there is no easy way you can achieve this result, I recommend you to see this following thread and you will get the information you need. In addition to this with our upcoming Q3 release you will be able to get the xaml files for these themes.


Greetings,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team

[Mike Henders]

Vanya,

I just got the email about Q3 being released.  Is there a "How To" in the Q3 WPF documentation showing how to use the theme in XAML instead of the StyleManager?

Cheers,
Mike

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hello Mike,


In our online documentation we have an articles that might be helpful for you in Styling and Appearance section. Please not that the following link provides an information about our Silverlight controls, but you can use the same approach in WPF using Q3.


All the best,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team