Themes Overview

Prerequisite Knowledge
DataGrid Fundamentals: Views and Themes Overview

Themes determine the color palette and default visual cues applied to the elements in a grid.

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	TableView
Luna	Normal	[View.]Luna.NormalColor [View.]LunaNormalColorTheme	LunaNormalColorTheme	TableView
Luna	Metallic	[View.]Luna.Metallic [View.]LunaMetallicTheme	LunaMetallicTheme	TableView
Luna	Homestead	[View.]Luna.Homestead [View.]LunaHomesteadTheme	LunaHomesteadTheme	TableView
Royale	Normal	[View.]Royale.NormalColor [View.]RoyaleNormalColorTheme	RoyaleNormalColorTheme	TableView
Classic	System	[View.]Classic.SystemColor [View.]ClassicSystemColorTheme	ClassicSystemColorTheme	TableView
Zune	Normal	[View.]Zune.NormalColor [View.]ZuneNormalColorTheme	ZuneNormalColorTheme	TableView
Windows7Theme	Normal	[View.]Windows7 [View.]Windows7Theme	Windows7Theme	TableflowView and TableView
Windows8Theme	Normal	[View.]Windows8 [View.]Windows8Theme	Windows8Theme	TableflowView and TableView

Office2007 Themes

Office 2007 themes are provided in the Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Office2007 assembly.

Table 3: Office 2007 theme syntaxes

Theme	color palette	Attribute syntax	Property element syntax	Target views	Assembly
Office 2007	Blue	[View.]Office2007.Blue [View.]Office2007BlueTheme	Office2007BlueTheme	TableView	Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Office2007
Office 2007	Black	[View.]Office2007.Black [View.]Office2007BlackTheme	Office2007BlackTheme	TableView	Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Office2007
Office 2007	Silver	[View.]Office2007.Silver [View.]Office2007SilverTheme	Office2007SilverTheme	TableView	Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Office2007