Appearance Customization

• Oct 15, 2019
• 4 minutes to read

How Elements are Colorized

Starting with v19.1, the Scheduler uses the new Outlook2019 UI style.

In v18.2 and earlier, the Scheduler’s UI style uses a fixed color scheme based on the theme. The new Outlook2019 style uses resource colors and derived colors to paint the Scheduler’s elements. This improves readability and facilitates customization.

Modern Themes

• Office2019 (White, DarkGray, Colorful, Black)
• VisualStudio2017 (Light, Dark, Blue)
• Office2016SE (White, DarkGray, Colorful, Black)
• Metropolis (Light, Dark)
• DeepBlue

In the themes listed above, resource and derived colors are used to paint resource headers, date headers, and navigation buttons.

An appointment’s color depends on its label color. If the label color is set to transparent, the appointment has the same color as its resource.

Tip

The default None label is transparent in modern themes.

Classic Themes

• DXStyle
• LightGray
• Office2013 (DarkGray, LightGray)
• Office2010 (Black, Blue, Silver)
• Office2007 (Black, Blue, Silver)
• Seven
• VS2010

In the themes listed above resource colors and derived colors are used to paint time slots.

The color of an appointment corresponds to its label color. If the label color is set to transparent, the appointment has the same color as its resource.

Palettes

The ResourceItem.Color property specifies the resource color. If you do not specify this property, the Scheduler uses the resource item color from the SchedulerControl.ResourceColors palette.

In a similar manner, the AppointmentLabelItem.Color and SchedulerControl.LabelColors properties specify the label color and label palette. If the AppointmentLabelItem.Color property is not specified, a SchedulerControl.LabelColors collection item is used instead.

Customization

Use the SchedulerControl.ResourceColors collection to configure the resource palette. Colors that are derived from the resource colors are automatically adjusted for consistency.

You can set ResourceColors and LabelColors directly for all themes:

XAML

<dxsch:SchedulerControl.ResourceColors>
    <Color>LightBlue</Color>
    <Color>Bisque</Color>
    <Color>#E9AFA3</Color>
</dxsch:SchedulerControl.ResourceColors>
<dxsch:SchedulerControl.LabelColors>
    <Color>Transpared</Color>
    <Color>Red</Color>
</dxsch:SchedulerControl.LabelColors>

The images below illustrate the result of this customization.

You can associate the resource and label palettes with a specific theme and style. To do this, create a DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling.ColorCollection and assign the corresponding resource key to it:

Element	Resource key
Resources	SchedulerThemeKeys.ResourceColors
Labels	SchedulerThemeKeys.LabelColors

The example below illustrates how to configure resource palettes for the Office2019Colorful and Office2019Black themes.

XAML

xmlns:dxscht="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/scheduling/themekeys"

<UserControl.Resources>
 <dxsch:ColorCollection x:Key="{dxscht:SchedulerThemeKey
  ResourceKey=ResourceColors, ThemeName=Office2019Colorful}">
  <Color>LightBlue</Color>
  <Color>Bisque</Color>
  <Color>#E9AFA3</Color>
</dxsch:ColorCollection>

<dxsch:ColorCollection x:Key="{dxscht:SchedulerThemeKey
  ResourceKey=ResourceColors, ThemeName=Office2019Black}">
  <Color>#3B7547</Color>
  <Color>CadetBlue</Color>
  <Color>#171729</Color>
</dxsch:ColorCollection>
</UserControl.Resources>

Brush Provider

The BrushProvider stores colorization settings for all Scheduler elements.

The BrushProvider implementation is unique for each theme. DevExpress themes are located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\DevExpress 19.1\Components\Sources\DevExpress.Xpf.Themes\ directory. To access the default BrushProvider implementation, locate the \Scheduling\Generic\DefaultBrushProvider.xaml file within a theme directory.

If the SchedulerControl.GroupType property is set to None, BrushProvider properties with the Default prefix define the brush used to paint the Scheduler elements.

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DefaultHeaderForeground

DefaultHeaderBackground

DefaultHeaderBorderBrush

DefaultHeaderTodayForeground

DefaultHeaderTodayBackground

DefaultHeaderTodayBorderBrush

DefaultNavigationButtonNormalForeground

DefaultNavigationButtonNormalBackground

DefaultNavigationButtonNormalBorderBrush

DefaultNavigationButtonHoverForeground

DefaultNavigationButtonHoverBackground

DefaultNavigationButtonHoverBorderBrush

DefaultNavigationButtonPressedForeground

DefaultNavigationButtonPressedBackground

DefaultNavigationButtonPressedBorderBrush

DefaultNavigationButtonDisabledBackground

DefaultNavigationButtonDisabledBorderBrush

DefaultLightCellBackground

DefaultLightCellLightBorderBrush

DefaultLightCellDarkBorderBrush

DefaultDarkCellBackground

DefaultDarkCellLightBorderBrush

DefaultDarkCellDarkBorderBrush

DefaultLabelBrush

If the SchedulerControl.GroupType property is set to GroupByResource or GroupByDate, the BrushProvider properties of the IBrushTransform type define the transformations of the default brushes.

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ResourceHeaderForeground

ResourceHeaderBackground

ResourceHeaderBorderBrush

ResourceHeaderTodayForeground

ResourceHeaderTodayBackground

ResourceHeaderTodayBorderBrush

ResourceNavigationButtonNormalForeground

ResourceNavigationButtonNormalBackground

ResourceNavigationButtonNormalBorderBrush

ResourceNavigationButtonHoverForeground

ResourceNavigationButtonHoverBackground

ResourceNavigationButtonHoverBorderBrush

ResourceNavigationButtonPressedForeground

ResourceNavigationButtonPressedBackground

ResourceNavigationButtonPressedBorderBrush

ResourceNavigationButtonDisabledBackground

ResourceNavigationButtonDisabledBorderBrush

ResourceLightCellBackground

ResourceLightCellLightBorderBrush

ResourceLightCellDarkBorderBrush

ResourceDarkCellBackground

ResourceDarkCellLightBorderBrush

ResourceDarkCellDarkBorderBrush

ResourceLabelBrush

If the SchedulerControl.GroupType property is set to None, appointments that have multiple associated resources and a transparent label are painted with the BrushProvider.DefaultLabelBrush.

Customization

Use the SchedulerControl.BrushProvider property to add customizations that override the default BrushProvider values in all themes. The Scheduler provides the following predefined transformations:

• BrightnessBrushTransform
• GroupBrushTransform
• IdentityBrushTransform
• MultiplyBrushTransform
• OverrideBrushTransform

The example below shows how to override a default brush in all themes.

XAML

<dxsch:SchedulerControl.BrushProvider>
    <dxsch:BrushProvider DefaultLabelBrush="LightBlue" />
</dxsch:SchedulerControl.BrushProvider>

The example below shows how to override a default brush and its transformation in the DXStyle theme.

XAML

xmlns:dxscht="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/scheduling/themekeys"

 <UserControl.Resources>
     <dxsch:BrushProvider 
         x:Key="{dxscht:SchedulerThemeKey ResourceKey=BrushProvider, ThemeName=DXStyle}"
         BasedOn="{DynamicResource {dxscht:SchedulerThemeKey ResourceKey=BrushProvider, ThemeName=DXStyle}}"
         DefaultHeaderTodayBackground="Red"
         ResourceHeaderTodayBackground="{dxsch:OverrideBrushTransform OverrideBrush=Green}"
         ResourceHeaderBackground="{dxsch:BrightnessBrushTransform Brightness=-0.5}"/>
 </UserControl.Resources>

The BrushProvider supports conditions. The following example illustrates how to override a brush transformation in the Timeline view:

XAML

<dxsch:SchedulerControl.BrushProvider>
    <dxsch:BrushProvider>
        <dxsch:BrushProviderOverride 
            ConditionViewType="TimelineView"
            ResourceHeaderBackground="{dxsch:BrightnessBrushTransform Brightness=-0.5}"/>
    </dxsch:BrushProvider>
</dxsch:SchedulerControl.BrushProvider>

The Classic (Legacy) Style

The Classic Scheduler UI style is used in v18.2 and earlier.

To roll back to the Classic style, set the DevExpress.Xpf.Core.CompatibilitySettings.SchedulerAppearanceStyle static property to SchedulerAppearanceStyle.Classic.

The Classic style has its own resource keys for resource and label palettes.

Element	Resource key
Resources	SchedulerThemeKeys.ResourceColors_Classic
Labels	SchedulerThemeKeys.LabelColors_Classic