ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName Property

Gets or sets the name of the theme applied to the entire application.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.Desktop.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Data.Desktop, DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.Design

Declaration

C#

public static string ApplicationThemeName { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Shared Property ApplicationThemeName As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String value that specifies the theme name.

Remarks

The default value is Office2019Colorful. If the ApplicationThemeName property is set to “None”, the DeepBlue theme is applied to the application.

Refer to the List of DevExpress WPF Themes topic for more information.

Tip

Use the ApplicationThemeHelper.SaveApplicationThemeName method to save the current theme name (defined using the ApplicationThemeName property) to the application configuration file. To retrieve the theme name from the configuration file, call the ApplicationThemeHelper.UpdateApplicationThemeName method.

The following code snippet applies the Office2019Colorful theme to the application.

• .NET

  App.config

  ...
  <configuration>
      <configSections>
          <section name="DXThemeManager"
          type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System,Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
          allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
      </configSections>
      <DXThemeManager>
          <setting name="ApplicationThemeName" serializeAs="String">
              <value>Office2019Colorful</value>
          </setting>
      </DXThemeManager>
  </configuration>
  ...
  

• .NET Framework

  App.config

  <configuration>
    <configSections>
      <sectionGroup name="userSettings"
      type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
        <section name="DXThemeManager"
        type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
        allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
      </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>
    <startup>
      <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2" />
    </startup>
    <userSettings>
      <DXThemeManager>
        <setting name="ApplicationThemeName" serializeAs="String">
          <value>Office2019Colorful</value>
        </setting>
      </DXThemeManager>
    </userSettings>
  </configuration>
  

  Note

  To apply a theme, the SectionGroups code section is required. The section does not contain any specific information about the current version of DevExpress controls nor of your application.

Refer to the WPF Themes topic for more information.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

mvvm-application-with-wpf-bars/CS/Step 2 - creating view 1 (PersonViewModel and PersonView)/App.xaml.cs#L17

base.OnStartup(e);
ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver";
MainWindow = new DXWindow() { Title = "How to use the DevExpress components with MVVM pattern", Width = 525, Height = 350 };

wpf-use-devexpress-theme-in-applications/CS/DevExpress.Examples.ThemeSwitcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L58

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
    ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = Theme.DefaultThemeName;
}

wpf-spreadsheet-spell-check-cell-text/CS/App.xaml.cs#L16

{
    DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName =
    DevExpress.Xpf.Core.Theme.Office2019ColorfulName;

reporting-wpf-override-export-commands/CS/ReportingWpfOverrideExportCommand/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L10

public MainWindow() {
    ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = Theme.Office2016WhiteName;
    InitializeComponent();

reporting-wpf-override-print-commands/CS/MinimalisticReportPreviewDemo/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L12

public MainWindow() {
    ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = Theme.Office2016WhiteName;
    InitializeComponent();

VB.NET

mvvm-application-with-wpf-bars/VB/Step 2 - creating view 1 (PersonViewModel and PersonView)/Application.xaml.vb#L19

MyBase.OnStartup(e)
ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver"
MainWindow = New DXWindow() With {.Title = "How to use the DevExpress components with MVVM pattern", .Width = 525, .Height = 350}

wpf-use-devexpress-theme-in-applications/VB/DevExpress.Examples.ThemeSwitcher/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L54

Private Sub Button_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
    ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = Theme.DefaultThemeName
End Sub

wpf-spreadsheet-spell-check-cell-text/VB/App.xaml.vb#L12

Protected Overrides Sub OnStartup(ByVal e As StartupEventArgs)
    DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = DevExpress.Xpf.Core.Theme.Office2019ColorfulName
    MyBase.OnStartup(e)

reporting-wpf-override-export-commands/VB/ReportingWpfOverrideExportCommandVB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L11

Public Sub New()
    ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = Theme.Office2016WhiteName
    InitializeComponent()

reporting-wpf-override-print-commands/VB/MinimalisticReportPreviewDemo/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L14

Public Sub New()
    ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = Theme.Office2016WhiteName
    InitializeComponent()