The system themes are pixel-perfect themes that were designed to integrate into any windows application, regardless of the theme being used.

Figure 1: Card view in Zune system theme

Figure 2: Table view in Aero system theme

Figure 3: Compact-card view in Royale system theme

Themes can be set using attribute syntax or property element syntax through a view's Theme property (see Examples 1 and 2 in Views and Themes Overview). If a theme is not specified, the system-color theme will be used. In either case, if the system-color theme is not recognized (e.g., a third-party color scheme is being used), the Aero normal-color theme will be used. 

To change the view and theme using attribute syntax or property element syntax, the name of the view and (optionally) theme to use must be set (see Table 1).

Table 1: System-theme syntaxes

Theme	Color scheme	Attribute syntax	Property element syntax	Target views
Aero	Normal	[View.]Aero.NormalColor [View.]AeroNormalColorTheme	AeroNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView  TreeGridflowView
Luna	Normal	[View.]Luna.NormalColor [View.]LunaNormalColorTheme	LunaNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView TreeGridflowView
Luna	Metallic	[View.]Luna.Metallic [View.]LunaMetallicTheme	LunaMetallicTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView TreeGridflowView
Luna	Homestead	[View.]Luna.Homestead [View.]LunaHomesteadTheme	LunaHomesteadTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView TreeGridflowView
Royale	Normal	[View.]Royale.NormalColor [View.]RoyaleNormalColorTheme	RoyaleNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView
Classic	System	[View.]Classic.SystemColor [View.]ClassicSystemColorTheme	ClassicSystemColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView TreeGridflowView
Zune	Normal	[View.]Zune.NormalColor [View.]ZuneNormalColorTheme	ZuneNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView
Windows7Theme	Normal	[View.]Windows7 [View.]Windows7Theme	Windows7Theme	TableflowView and TableView CardView and CompactCardView
Windows8Theme ("desktop mode" of Windows 8)	Normal	[View.]Windows8 [View.]Windows8Theme	Windows8Theme	TableflowView and TableView TreeGridflowView