Separate theme for one control

[Heiko]

We are using implicit styles like this:

<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Office2013;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Office2013;component/Themes/System.Windows.xaml"/>
    ...
    <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Office2013;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.xaml"/>
    ...
    ...
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

  

Now we want just one control (GridView) to be displayed with another theme (Windows8). What is the most efficient and easiest way to display all GridViews in our application (and there are a lot of them) with the design of the Windows8-theme?

TIA
Neils

[Masha]

Hello Neils,

In order to achieve this you can merge the Resource Dictionaries with the Windows8 theme in the configuration (Resources) of the control(RadGridView). Check the code snippet below:

<telerik:RadGridView>
    <telerik:RadGridView.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.xaml"/>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/System.Windows.xaml"/>
            ...
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Windows8;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.xaml"/>
            ...
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </telerik:RadGridView.Resources>
</telerik:RadGridView>

I hope it helps.

Regards,
Masha
Telerik