The DevExpress Application Theme and Style Engine ships with a set of predefined visual styles that mimic the UI from some of today's leading application vendors - allowing you to deliver a compelling user experience with ease.

100% Silverlight-Based Implementation

All DevExpress Silverlight Controls and standard components offered by Microsoft, are 'lookless' by their very nature. To apply a skin, we simply specify element templates using native Silverlight elements. This means that you'll use 100% Silverlight based skins that aren't based on raster images and our controls will preserve picture quality regardless of element size.

Microsoft Office Style Themes

	Office 2013		Office 2010 Blue		Office 2010 Black
	Office 2010 Silver		Office 2007 Blue		Office 2007 Black
	Office 2007 Silver

Microsoft Windows Style Themes

Seven

Visual Studio 2010

Unique Themes Designed by DevExpress

	DevExpress Style		Deep Blue		Light Gray
	Metropolis Dark		Metropolis Light

Centralized Control

It takes just one property value change to alter the entire application's appearance. Simply specify the desired theme name for the root element and you're done. As you can imagine, this makes it easy to implement end-user theme switching capabilities.

Skinning for Standard Controls

The flexibility of the DevExpress Theme Engine can be demonstrated by our full support of standard Microsoft Silverlight controls. When using standard controls in conjunction with those we engineer, you can rest assured that your applications will always be visually consistent and provide a compelling end-user experience. The following is a list of standard controls supported by the DevExpress Theme Engine.

Supported Standard Controls

	Button		CheckBox		ComboBox
	List Box		ProgressBar		Radio Button
	Repeat Button		Scroll Bar		Scroll Viewer
	Slider		Tab Control		TextBox
	Toggle Button		Tooltip		TreeView

DevExpress Silverlight Controls use this feature for their built-in UI elements. For instance, our Toolbar-Menu system applies DevExpress themes to standard controls in its Customization Window.

For more information about our Silverlight Theme Engine, please feel free to contact us at info@devexpress.com.