

The following themes support Lightweight Templates: Theme Familyīlack, Colorful, Dark Gray, White, HighContrast

Lightweight Templates contain fewer visual elements and reduce the time it takes to load DevExpress WPF Controls. You can set the runTypeInitializers method parameter to true to invoke static constructors and speed up control initialization. Use the PreloadThemeResourceAsync method to load and cache all the theme resources asynchronously at the application startup. The resulting App.config file appears as follows:Ĭontrols load theme resources when you run the application. The list only shows the themes that are referenced in your project.

Open the Window’s or the User Control’s Quick Action or Smart Tag, expand the ApplicationTheme drop-down list, and select a theme. Apply a DevExpress Theme to an Application Approach 1 To apply a theme, it is necessary to reference the theme assembly or the theme NuGet package in your project.

* These controls are supported only in the Office2016SE, VS2017, Office2019, and VS2019 themes.
