[Silverlight 3 Beta + Toolkit] Explicit styles inside a theme are ignored

03-31-2009 5:30 AM |

See the following piece of xaml :

<UserControl x:Class="BugReproTheming.MainPage"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:dark="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls.Theming;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Theming.ExpressionDark">
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="TextBox" x:Key="explicit">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Red" />
        </Style>
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <dark:ExpressionDarkTheme>
        <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" >
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <StackPanel>
                <HyperlinkButton Content="Home" Tag="/Home.xaml" Click="Goto" />
                <HyperlinkButton Content="Page 1" Tag="/Page1.xaml" Click="Goto" />
                <HyperlinkButton Content="Page 2" Tag="/Page2.xaml" Click="Goto" />
                <TextBox Text="This textbox has an explicit style that is not correctly applied" 
                         Style="{StaticResource explicit}" />
            </StackPanel>
        </Grid>
    </dark:ExpressionDarkTheme>
</UserControl>

 The explicit style is not applied on the TextBox, it is replaced by the default theme-style. That is a shame, as current shipped themes have no VisualStates for validation.

I don't know if this is the correct behavior, and if it does the same with Silverlight 2, but it seems very weird to me.

Re: [Silverlight 3 Beta + Toolkit] Explicit styles inside a theme are ignored

03-31-2009 5:44 AM |

 I had the same issue in silverlight 2 + toolkit