Setting a global default theme

[Sid]

Just starting out and trying to work through some of the learning curve struggles, but this one has me stumped.

I'm trying to set a default theme for my grids inside a resource dictionary, I've tried the app.xaml file but also without success.

Here's my code:
 <ResourceDictionary
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation">
<!-- Resource dictionary entries should be defined here. -->
<Style TargetType="{x:Type telerik:RadGridView}">
<Style.BasedOn>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type telerik:RadGridView}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type telerik:RadGridView}">
<AdornerDecorator>
<telerik:Theming.Theme>
<telerik:TelerikTheme/>
</telerik:Theming.Theme>
</AdornerDecorator>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Style.BasedOn>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>

 

 

I started with an edit template and stripped out everything else.  When I run my application the grid is blank, actually it is blank in the designer as well as the Properties window.  If I add a x:Key value, the grid will reappear.  So it is applying my style in some fashion.  What am I missing?

Thanks,
-Sid Meyers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Christopher]

Greetings!
   I'm not a Telerik support member, but this may be of interest to you.

   I've found that I can apply global themes  in the App.xaml like this:

<Application x:Class="WpfApplication3.App"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
    StartupUri="Window1.xaml">
    <Application.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="{x:Type telerik:RadGridView}">
            <Setter Property="telerik:Theming.Theme" Value="Telerik" />
        </Style>
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

However... This throws an error in the designer but works correctly at run time.  According to the Telerik documentation at : http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/gridview-styling-using-themes.html  this should work, so I'm not sure what's up here.

If you follow the example code to the letter, you still get a design error stating that the value of the theme property cannot be a string.

Maybe an error in the Q3 release?

Chris

[Sid]

Chris,

Thanks for the reply.  It works but definitely a PITA!  Guess I'll just have to comment out the section while I'm trying to develop for now.

-Sid.

[Milan]

Hi Sid,

Chis's suggestion is valid and represents the best way to change the default theme of our grid.
I can suggest a minor modification that resolves the issue with the design time error. Instread of setting the value of the Theming.Theme property as string you can set the theme like this:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type telerik:RadGridView}">
    <Setter Property="controls:Theming.Theme">
        <Setter.Value>
            <controls:TelerikTheme/>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

That way we are directly providing a Theme object as value and the error will not appear.
We are curently lookin into the exact cause of this error.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Milan
the Telerik team

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