Windows 7 theme for WPF?
- by DanM
Is there any way to make a WPF app look like it's running on Windows 7 even if it's running on XP? I'm looking for some kind of theme I can just paste in. I'm aware of the themes project on Codeplex (http://www.codeplex.com/wpfthemes), but it lacks support for DataGrid, which is something I critically need. I was thinking maybe the Windows 7 theme would just be an easy port, or exists in some file somewhere already. Any information you have (even if it's bad news) would be much appreciated.
Update
Using @Lars Truijens idea, I was able to get the Windows 7 look for the major controls, but unfortunately it did not work for the WPF Toolkit DataGrid control, which I need.
DataGrid looks like this with Aero theme
DataGrid should look like this
So, I'm still looking for a solution to this problem if anyone has any ideas. Maybe someone has built an extension to the Aero theme that covers the WPF toolkit controls? Again, any information you have is much appreciated.
Update 2 - Problem solved!
To get the Aero theme to work with WPF Toolkit controls, you just need to add a second Aero dictionary, so your App.xaml should now look like this.
<Application.Resources>
...
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary
Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml" />
<ResourceDictionary
Source="pack://application:,,,/WPFToolkit;component/Themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml" />
...
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
Also, I would recommend turning the gridlines off in your DataGrid controls (because they look horrible):
<DataGrid GridLinesVisibility="None" ...>
