Theme.Category Property

Gets the name of the theme category to which the current theme belongs.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public string Category { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Category As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String that specifies the name of the theme category to which the current theme belongs.

Remarks

The following table lists DevExpress themes grouped by category:

Theme Category	Included Themes
Win10Category	Win10Dark
	Win10Light
VisualStudioCategory	VS2019Blue
	VS2019Dark
	VS2019Light
	VS2017Blue
	VS2017Dark
	VS2017Light
Office2019Category	Office2019Black
	Office2019Colorful
	Office2019DarkGray
	Office2019HighContrast
	Office2019White
Office2019TouchCategory	Office2019BlackTouch
	Office2019ColorfulTouch
	Office2019DarkGrayTouch
	Office2019HighContrastTouch
	Office2019WhiteTouch
Office2016SECategory	Office2016BlackSE
	Office2016ColorfulSE
	Office2016DarkGraySE
	Office2016WhiteSE
Office2016SETouchCategory	Office2016BlackSETouch
	Office2016ColorfulSETouch
	Office2016DarkGraySETouch
	Office2016WhiteSETouch
Office2016Category	Office2016Black
	Office2016Colorful
	Office2016White
Office2016TouchCategory	Office2016BlackTouch
	Office2016ColorfulTouch
	Office2016WhiteTouch
Office2013Category	Office2013
	Office2013DarkGray
	Office2013LightGray
Office2013TouchCategory	Office2013Touch
	Office2013DarkGrayTouch
	Office2013LightGrayTouch
Office2010Category	Office2010Black
	Office2010Blue
	Office2010Silver
Office2007Category	Office2007Black
	Office2007Blue
	Office2007Silver
MetropolisCategory	MetropolisDark
	MetropolisLight
StandardCategory	DXStyle
	LightGray
	Seven
	TouchlineDark
	VS2010

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Category property.

Note

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C#

wpf-scheduler-disable-resource-colorization/CS/DXSample/App.xaml.cs#L21

foreach (Theme theme in Theme.Themes) {
    theme.ShowInThemeSelector = ModernThemeCaterogies.Contains(theme.Category);
}

wpf-mvvm-behaviors-hamburger-based-theme-selector/CS/HamburgerSubMenuThemeSelectorBehavior/App.xaml.cs#L13

foreach (Theme theme in Theme.Themes.ToList()) {
    switch (theme.Category) {
        case Theme.Office2007Category:

wpf-mvvm-behaviors-gallery-based-theme-selector/CS/GalleryThemeSelectorBehavior/App.xaml.cs#L16

{
    switch (theme.Category)
    {

wpf-mvvm-behaviors-barItems-based-theme-selectors/CS/WpfApplication1/App.xaml.cs#L11

{
    switch (theme.Category)
    {

VB.NET

wpf-scheduler-disable-resource-colorization/VB/DXSample/App.xaml.vb#L18

For Each theme As Theme In Theme.Themes
    theme.ShowInThemeSelector = ModernThemeCaterogies.Contains(theme.Category)
Next

wpf-mvvm-behaviors-hamburger-based-theme-selector/VB/HamburgerSubMenuThemeSelectorBehavior/App.xaml.vb#L15

For Each theme As Theme In Theme.Themes.ToList()
    Select Case theme.Category
        Case Theme.Office2007Category

wpf-mvvm-behaviors-gallery-based-theme-selector/VB/GalleryThemeSelectorBehavior/App.xaml.vb#L15

For Each theme As Theme In Theme.Themes.ToList()
    Select Case theme.Category
        Case Theme.Office2007Category

wpf-mvvm-behaviors-barItems-based-theme-selectors/VB/WpfApplication1/App.xaml.vb#L12

For Each theme As Theme In Theme.Themes.ToList()
    Select Case theme.Category
        Case Theme.StandardCategory