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

Figure 1: Table view in Aero 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 palette 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 palette	Attribute syntax	Property element syntax	Target views
Aero	Normal	[View.]Aero.NormalColor [View.]AeroNormalColorTheme	AeroNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Luna	Normal	[View.]Luna.NormalColor [View.]LunaNormalColorTheme	LunaNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Luna	Metallic	[View.]Luna.Metallic [View.]LunaMetallicTheme	LunaMetallicTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Luna	Homestead	[View.]Luna.Homestead [View.]LunaHomesteadTheme	LunaHomesteadTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Royale	Normal	[View.]Royale.NormalColor [View.]RoyaleNormalColorTheme	RoyaleNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Classic	System	[View.]Classic.SystemColor [View.]ClassicSystemColorTheme	ClassicSystemColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Zune	Normal	[View.]Zune.NormalColor [View.]ZuneNormalColorTheme	ZuneNormalColorTheme	TableflowView and TableView
Windows7Theme	Normal	[View.]Windows7 [View.]Windows7Theme	Windows7Theme	TableflowView and TableView
Windows8Theme	Normal	[View.]Windows8 [View.]Windows8Theme	Windows8Theme	TableflowView and TableView