Theme support in Windows Presentation Foundation
Question: I want to create a custom Windows Presentation Foundation button whose look and feel depends on the Windows desktop theme currently in use. How do I get notified when the user changes the theme?
Neil Kronlage provided this answer:
The WPF theme engine will switch styles automatically for you if you place them in separate
The files need to be named
for example, these are the themes that Microsoft produces:
The case for classic is slightly different:
Windows Presentation Foundation does not provide an event when the theme changes. If you need to go beyond what is provided by styles in a resource dictionary, you will need to listen to the WM_THEMECHANGE message in a window hook.
Tags: WinFX
Neil Kronlage provided this answer:
The WPF theme engine will switch styles automatically for you if you place them in separate
ResourceDictionary XAML files compiled in your application.The files need to be named
themes\<ThemeName>.<ThemeColor>.xaml
for example, these are the themes that Microsoft produces:
themes\luna.normalcolor.xaml
themes\luna.homestead.xaml
themes\luna.metallic.xaml
themes\royale.normalcolor.xaml
themes\aero.normalcolor.xaml
The case for classic is slightly different:
themes\classic.xaml
Windows Presentation Foundation does not provide an event when the theme changes. If you need to go beyond what is provided by styles in a resource dictionary, you will need to listen to the WM_THEMECHANGE message in a window hook.
Tags: WinFX
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