How can I make RibbonWindow look in metro style for Windows7?
I have tried this solution https://github.com/D-Key/whosh but it brokes QuickAccess bar.
OK you will need to set an explicit theme for your project.
How to set an explicit theme?
Add your Style dll to your application's references list as a requires
Edit your App.xaml
.
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<!-- other stuff -->
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<!--example style-->
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
What theme's are available in Win8?
a quick search and i found PresentationFramework.Aero2.dll but there are sure some other styles
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In Xamarin Forms, Styles and Colors can be changed dynamically by loading and unloading Resource Dictionaries from the Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries. Can the same thing be done in WinUI 3? I've looked over a lot of documentation and don't see any examples of this. Does WinUI 3 use Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries ?
Yes, you can specify ResourceDictionaries in your App.xaml file:
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<XamlControlsResources xmlns="using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls" />
<!-- Other merged dictionaries here -->
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
I've applied the MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit theme to our application in the App.xaml. Using this mechanism to style the application's menu and dialogs works well, but our application also allows the user to create their own forms and customize properties for many of the WPF controls.
I need to ensure that that the global styles don't apply to any of these user-customized controls. There are only two UserControl elements in the application that may be composed of user-customized controls. To cancel the global theme I'm providing a resource dictionary of default styles in the UserControl.Resource section like so:
UserCustomizableForm.xaml
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="../DefaultWPFSyles.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
Where DefaultWPFStyles.xaml is just a list of default styles for any control that we allow the user to customize:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation">
<Style TargetType="Border"/>
<Style TargetType="Button"/>
<Style TargetType="Canvas"/>
<Style TargetType="CheckBox"/>
<Style TargetType="ComboBox"/>
<Style TargetType="ComboBoxItem"/>
...
</ResourceDictionary>
I haven't devised another way to force all controls below a designated UserConrol to default styles carte-blanche. I'm hoping someone could suggest a way if I've overlooked it.
I have a class library I am creating for an AutoCAD plugin that includes WPF control elements. I would like to add a theme to these elements, so I added the WPFThemes.DarkBlend package from Nuget.
To property utilize the theme, you are supposed to add the style reference to your App.xaml file like so:
<Application
...
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Themes\Styles.xaml” />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
Now unfortunately, because this is only a class library, I do not have an App.xaml file in which to add this code. I am able to use my Window.Resources, but in doing so, I am afraid that the styles in the reference are not exposed to the Window element. Is this because the Window is not within the scope of its own resources? Below is an image that shows my current situation:
Thank you!
After creating an x:Key in the style called "DarkWindow", I found that I was able to apply the style directly in the PluginWindow.xaml window properties like this:
<Window Style="{DynamicResource DarkWindow}" />
In my project I am trying to embed source code from Avalon Wizard but there is something strange happening and I am not able to successful integrate it.
I have the following structure in my Custom control library
Wizard
Themes
Aero.NormalColor.xaml
Aero2.NormalColor.xaml
AeroWizardHeader.xaml
Generic.xaml
Wizard97.xaml
WizardAero.xaml
Generic.xaml
Themes
Generic.xaml
Inside my Generic.xaml I have the following delcaration
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="CuratioCMS.Client.UI;Component/Wizard/Themes/Generic.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
and inside Wizard/Themes/Generic.xaml here is how I have my MergedDictionaries defined
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="CuratioCMS.Client.UI;Component/Wizard/Themes/Wizard97.xaml" />
<ResourceDictionary Source="CuratioCMS.Client.UI;Component/Wizard/Themes/WizardAero.xaml" />
<ResourceDictionary Source="CuratioCMS.Client.UI;Component/Wizard/Themes/AeroWizardHeader.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
According to Avalon implementation there is one more MergedDictionary provided inside Aero.NormalColor.xaml which looks like this
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="CuratioCMS.Client.UI;Component/Wizard/Themes/AeroWizardHeader.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
My problem is that I am not able to use my own class library in my project as designer throws exception which is: Cannot locate resource 'wizard/themes/curatiocms.client.ui;component/wizard/themes/wizard97.xaml'.
If I change Path inside Wizard/Theme/Generic.xaml then error goes away but Wizard is not able to provide Aero functionality and even designer does not work ex expected.
Let me also say, that I decided to have this kind of architecture because according to extended WPF toolkit this is very clean way .
can anyone help me with this?
Have you tried using the full pack URI syntax?
Have you tried changing 'Component' to 'component'? Also make sure the dictionary has it's build action set to Resource and you are correctly referencing your CuratioCMS.Client.UI assembly.
For my application themes, I created a separate class library MyApp.Themes.dll.
In the root folder of this library I have Standard.xaml:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary
Source="pack://application:,,,/MyApp.Themes;component/Standard/Accordion.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
In Standard folder I have Accordion.xaml:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns:layoutPrimitivesToolkit="..."
xmlns:layoutToolkit="..."
...>
<!-- layoutPrimitivesToolkit:AccordionButton -->
<Style TargetType="layoutPrimitivesToolkit:AccordionButton">
...
</Style>
...
</ResourceDictionary>
which are default styles for WPF Toolkit Accordion control, except that style for
AccordionItem is modified to set background to transparent (instead of blue, which is a known bug).
For both xaml files Build Action is set to "Resource".
Now, after referencing MyApp.Themes library in MyApp WPF project, in App.xaml I wrote the following:
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary
Source="pack://application:,,,/MyApp.Themes;component/Standard.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
It doesn't work (no error; just style not applied). If I copy&paste Accordion.xaml styles directly in App.xaml, then it works.
Some people suggested adding dummy resource dictionary, so I added the following in App.xaml after MergedDictionaries ending tag:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type layoutToolkit:AccordionItem}" />
Again, it doesn't work. Can someone help me solve this? By the way, I didn't try an approach
suggested by some others - using basedOn. If I must do that, I'd like to do in MyApp.Themes,
because it makes using themes nicer in App.xaml. Thank you in advance.
UPDATE1: It works if I directly copy&paste Accordion.xaml content to Standard.xaml
UPDATE2: I tried local assembly resource file URI (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970069.aspx) in Standard.xaml:
<ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/Standard/Accordion.xaml"/>
It throws an error, saying standard/accordion.xaml not found.
It seems there's a bug in .NET. See the thread below:
Trouble referencing a Resource Dictionary that contains a Merged Dictionary
Also, there's a connect page on Microsoft site:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/609601/merge-dictionaries-does-not-work-when-we-merge-merged-dictionaries#tabs