# Using a default theme for the entire application

When your application has many and different controls, you may find it inconvenient to go through all the controls in order to set their **ThemeName** property. For such cases, set the static ThemeResolutionService.**ApplicationThemeName** property to a theme name in the form's constructor:

#### Setting a theme for the entire application

 

 

```C#
ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Black";

```

```VB.NET
ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Black"

```

 

> important You still have to drop the theme component on the form (e.g. *Office2007Black* in the code samples above) or create an instance of the desired theme programmatically. As the static **ApplicationThemeName** property affects the whole application this needs to be done only once. A suitable place is the constructor of the first form used in the application.

All your controls will use that specified theme which has precedence over the theme set locally to the control using **ThemeName** property.

## Enable/Disable the globally set theme for a specific control

This section describes how you can change the theme for the entire application and leave the default one (or use another) for one or several controls. This can be achieved by using the **EnableApplicationThemeName** property.

This property indicates how the theme will be set to the control. If it is set to *true* (the default value) the control will have the theme that is globally set (with the **ApplicationThemeName** property). If it is set to *false*, the theme, set with the **ThemeName** property will be respected. For example, you can set the theme for the entire application except for one **RadGridView** control as follows:

 

 

```C#
ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2010Blue";
radGridView1.ElementTree.EnableApplicationThemeName = false;
radGridView1.ThemeName = "Office2010Silver";

```

```VB.NET
ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2010Blue"
RadGridView1.ElementTree.EnableApplicationThemeName = False
RadGridView1.ThemeName = "Office2010Silver"

```

 

> caption Figure 1: The theme of the grid is different than the application theme.

![themes-using-a-default-theme-for-the-entire-application 001](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/8c08e240c31e507f756f0cd6ec7c530b/themes-using-a-default-theme-for-the-entire-application001.png)

You can watch the video [Telerik UI for WinForms Theme](http://www.telerik.com/videos/winforms/theme-for-telerik-ui-for-winforms) regarding the usage of theme components and **ApplicationThemeName** property.

## See Also

* [Touch Enabled Themes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/styling-and-appearance/touch-themes)

* [Using custom themes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/styling-and-appearance/using-custom-themes)

* [Using Themes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/styling-and-appearance/using-default-themes)

* [Visual Style Builder](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/styling-and-appearance/visual-style-builder)