Applying a Theme to an Application Level (ThemeManager)

Topic Overview

This topic describes how to apply a theme to an application using Infragistics ThemeManager™.

The following topics are prerequisites to understanding this topic:

Topic	Purpose
Features Overview (ThemeManager)	This topic provides a detailed overview of Infragistics ThemeManager and its main features.

This topic contains the following sections:

Use the ThemeManager ApplicationTheme property to set a theme to an application.

The theme is applied to all controls in the application including the supported common Microsoft WPF controls.

Note	Note The `ApplicationTheme` property is set only in code-behind.

The following table maps the desired configuration to the property settings that manage it.

In order to:	Use this property:	And set it to:
Apply a theme to the entire WPF application	ApplicationTheme	ThemeBase

The code below shows how to apply the Office2013 theme to an application:

In C#:

ThemeManager.ApplicationTheme = new Office2013Theme();

In Visual Basic:

ThemeManager.ApplicationTheme = New Office2013Theme()

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.

Topic	Purpose
Applying a Theme on a FrameworkElement Level	This topic describes how to apply a theme to a FrameworkElement using Infragistics ThemeManager .
Applying a Theme to the Supported Microsoft WPF Controls	This topic describes how to enable/disable the theming of the supported Microsoft WPF controls using Infragistics ThemeManager .
Creating a New Custom Theme	This topic describes how to create and apply a new custom theme to a control using Infragistics ThemeManager .
Extending an Existing Control Theme	This topic describes how to extend an existing control theme using Infragistics ThemeManager .