Just include the resource files for the controls you require the Resources section of your view, or in your App.xaml. As you can see, we organized the themes by their respective source so that you have the option to use which ever control you need and not add any unnecessary dependencies on other assemblies.Īdding the theme to your application is very simple. We are providing a Metro style for each primitive control that appears in the Visual Studio toolbox, the controls that ship with the Silverlight SDK, and of course some controls from the Silverlight Toolkit. Silverlightįirst up is the Silverlight version of the Infragistics Metro Theme. What’s important here is not the name, but rather the theme itself. First its “Metro”, then it’s “Modern UI”, then it’s “Microsoft Design Style”, and now it’s… Well, I don’t know what it is right now. As we all know by now, there is a ton of confusion around the term “Metro”. Why? Because, that’s what everyone knows it as no matter how many times Microsoft tries to rename it. Wait, did you say “Metro”? Yes, I said Metro. You will be getting both a Light and Dark version.
#DARK THEME FOR OFFICE 2013 FREE#
Today’s free theme is a clean, modern, touch friendly theme in the form of the Infragistics’ Metro Theme. On the other hand, if the community gives me an overwhelming show of support, then I will be releasing more themes. I don’t want to waste my time, or the developers who create these themes time. If I get zero response or support from the community, then there is no need to keep releasing themes. Why? Well, I want to see what kind of response I get from the community. I am going to release them a one at a time. Also, I am not going to give them to you all at once. For example, we will not be providing a style for the Microsoft DataGrid because we have a much better xamDataGrid control. Why? Well, because we would prefer for you to use our controls instead. We will NOT support every single Microsoft control. So starting today, I am excited to announce that I am going to be giving away, all of our themes for the standard WPF and Silverlight Microsoft controls. Heck, I single handedly wrote the most popular Extended WPF toolkit in the world, and I provided it to everyone for free. If you know me, you know I am a hard core XAML developer and I am all about community. As the Product Manager for these controls, I started asking myself, “Why should we keep these great themes to ourselves?”. Infragistics ships a number of great themes with their NetAdvantage for WPF and Silverlight products. That is, until now! If you have been looking for a free Metro theme for WPF and Silverlight, then look no further. You spend hours scouring the realms of Google and Bing looking for a clean, modern, and touch friendly theme to use in your application. The quest for a good application theme never ends.