KsWare.Presentation.Resources.Core

• Extended ResourceDictionaries
• ThemeLoader

Extended ResourceDictionaries

Name	Fuction
CoreResourceDictionary	A base class which extens the ResourceDictionary class
ResourceDictionaryEx	A feature-rich ResourceDictionary
ThemeResourceDictionary	Root for theme resources
SharedResourceDictionary	Reuseable resources
PlaceholderResourceDictionary	A placeholder
SourceResourceDictionary	The root für XAML resources
MergedResourceDictionary	The root for merged resources
LookupResourceDictionary	Lookups for an other ResourceDictionary defined as resource
FlatResourceDictionary	Flattens all contained resources into one ResourceDictionary
OverrideDefaultStylesResourceDictionary	Generates Styles

designed to:

• create maintainable structured themes
• avoid DynamicResource references
• fixes few issues from ResourceDictionary

Usage

<SourceResourceDictionary
  <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionary>
    <!-- Load shared resources -->
    <SharedResourceDictionary Source="shared.xaml

    <!-- define overridable brushes -->
    <MergedResourceDictionary Name="Brushes">
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Acme.Control.Border" Color="Gree"/>
        ...
    </MergedResourceDictionary>

    <!-- lookup for override -->
    <LookupResourceDictionary ResourceKey="Acme.Brushes.Overides"/>
    
    <!-- definie your styles and other resources -->
    <MergedResourceDictionary Name="Styles">
      <Style x:Key="Acme.ControlStyle" TargetType="Control">
         ...
      </Style>
    </MergedResourceDictionary

    <!-- create default styles -->
    <OverrideDefaultStylesResourceDictionary>
      <!-- the following content is autogenerated (at runtime) -->
      <Style TargetType="Control" BasedOn="{StaticResource Acme.ControlStyle}"/>
    </OverrideDefaultStylesResourceDictionary>

  </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionary>
</SourceResourceDictionary>

ThemeLoader

A loader for themes.
You can load any resource dictionary. RegisterTheme is otional.

App.xaml.cs / App.xaml

public partial class App : Application {
    public App() {
        // optional
        ThemeLoader.RegisterTheme("Aero2Dark.NormalColor", "/KsWare.Presentation.Themes.Aero2Dark;component/Resources/Aero2Dark.NormalColor.xaml");
        ThemeLoader.RegisterTheme("Aero2Dark","Aero2Dark.NormalColor") // alias
        ThemeLoader.RegisterTheme("Aero", "/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml");
    }

<Application 
	...
	ThemeLoader.Source="/KsWare.Presentation.Themes.Aero2Dark;component/Resources/Aero2Dark.NormalColor.xaml"
>

MainWindow.cs / MainWindow.xaml.cs

public MainWindow() {
    // optional
    ThemeLoader.RegisterTheme("Aero2Dark.NormalColor", "/KsWare.Presentation.Themes.Aero2Dark;component/Resources/Aero2Dark.NormalColor.xaml");
    ThemeLoader.RegisterTheme("Aero2Dark","Aero2Dark.NormalColor") // alias
    ThemeLoader.RegisterTheme("Aero", "/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml");

	InitializeComponent();
}

<Window 
  ...
  ThemeLoader.Source="Aero2Dark" >
  <!-- window content with Aero2Dark style -->
  <Grid ThemeLoader.Source="Aero">
     <!-- content with Aero style -->
  </Grid>
  <Grid ThemeLoader.Source="/PresentationFramework.Luna;component/themes/Luna.Metallic.xaml">
     <!-- content with Luna Metallic style -->
  </Grid>
</Window>

License

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Licensed under KsWare Open Commercial License.