Applying Themes to MS Ribbon Control

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You can also apply themes to your standard Microsoft Ribbon control for WPF by using C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon. The following steps illustrate applying themes to the MS Ribbon control.

Add following namespace in the xaml file and create application to add MS Ribbon control.

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xmlns:ribbon="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon"

Add following code to apply themes to ribbon control.

Visual Basic
C#

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Private Sub ApplyTheme(name As String) Dim theme As C1Theme = Nothing Dim ribbonTheme As C1Theme = Nothing Select Case name Case "Cosmopolitan" ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitan() Exit Select Case "Cosmopolitan Dark" ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitanDark() Exit Select Case "Office2013 White" ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013White() Exit Select Case "Office2013 LightGray" ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013LightGray() Exit Select Case "Office2013 DarkGray" ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013DarkGray() Case Else Exit Select End Select 'apply ribbon theme ribbonTheme.Apply(ribbon) End Sub

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Private Sub ApplyTheme(name As String)
             Dim theme As C1Theme = Nothing
             Dim ribbonTheme As C1Theme = Nothing
            Select Case name
                 Case "Cosmopolitan"
                    ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitan()
                     Exit Select
                 Case "Cosmopolitan Dark"
                    ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitanDark()
                     Exit Select
                 Case "Office2013 White"
                    ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013White()
                     Exit Select
                 Case "Office2013 LightGray"
                    ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013LightGray()
                     Exit Select
                 Case "Office2013 DarkGray"
                    ribbonTheme = New C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013DarkGray()
                 Case Else
                     Exit Select
             End Select
             'apply  ribbon theme
             ribbonTheme.Apply(ribbon)
         End Sub

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private void ApplyTheme(string name) { C1Theme ribbonTheme = null; switch (name) { case "Cosmopolitan": ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitan(); break; case "Cosmopolitan Dark": ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitanDark(); break; case "Office2013 White": ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013White(); break; case "Office2013 LightGray": ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013LightGray(); break; case "Office2013 DarkGray": ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013DarkGray(); break; default: break; } // apply ribbon theme ribbonTheme.Apply(ribbon); }

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private void ApplyTheme(string name)
{
    C1Theme ribbonTheme = null;
    switch (name)
    {
        case "Cosmopolitan":
            ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitan();
            break;
        case "Cosmopolitan Dark":
            ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonCosmopolitanDark();
            break;
        case "Office2013 White":
            ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013White();
            break;
        case "Office2013 LightGray":
            ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013LightGray();
            break;
        case "Office2013 DarkGray":
            ribbonTheme = new C1.WPF.Theming.Ribbon.C1ThemeRibbonOffice2013DarkGray();
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
// apply  ribbon theme
    ribbonTheme.Apply(ribbon);
}