How do I match my controls' styles to the current theme? (WPF)

Question

If I create a custom control with WPF, how can I provide styles for the control that match the currently applied theme (Aero, Luna, Classic, etc.)?

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Answer 1

You can use different themes in WPF by loading/unloading resource dictionaries. These dictionaries should contain the styles for your controls. When you swap out dictionaries, WPF will apply the styles to your controls.

for example if this were in WhiteStyle.xaml and you loaded it, your textblocks would all display text in a white-colored font.

if you swapped it out for BlackStyle.xaml which contains

your textblocks would display text in a black-colored font. WPF handles alot of the details for us, we just have to tell it what the details are.

Swapping out resource dictionaries is realatively simple, and I leave that to you to figure out. Googling "WPF Themes" is a good place to start.