Addon window controls not reflecting app theme

[tgn55]

I've been working for months on an addon, which is almost done... and added a lot of code to tweak my controls' colors depending on the theme. But, have hit a brick wall with some elements of combobox embedded in an NTGrid,(well... XamDataGrid, to be more precise) specifically, modifying the PART_EditableTextBox component of the filter. Sigh...

I wonder if there is a better way... as it seems a general problem... even simple controls like textboxs I have to manually modify foreground/background colors.

So... the real question is: Is there a mechanism to make all controls on addon windows inherit the chosen skin color theme? (I probably should have asked this months ago)
FYI, my addon is based on the sample/demo addon.

Cheers,
T.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello tgn55,

You can get some colors from the skin.

The custom DropMenu class in the SampleWPFModifications gets colors from the skin.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/96376-modifications-to-chart-wpf-elements-and-tab-considerations?p=1124507#post1124507

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=477059#post477059

That I know of, no, there is no mechanism to make all non-NinjaTrader controls inherit the chosen skin color. These are explicitly applied to objects either directly or through styles.

[tgn55]

Thanks Chelsea... I haven't looked at your links yet... but after more testing, I notice one seemingly simple bug/oversight...using the AddonShell as a test vehicle, I can see that many controls do change with the skin..but, surprisingly... Label controls DO NOT!! The Example Label thing shows with black foreground regardless of skin...(I removed the explicit Foreground="#CCCCCC" bit... just let it use default value, same as the other controls)

This is an easy fix... whereas my real need is to tweak internal parts of Infragistics XamDataGrid... which I know you guys can't support... but, maybe getting Labels to track skin changes warrants a minor bug fix regardless?

I know about pulling colors from the skin at runtime (I do this in my addon), so can customise my controls mostly... with 1 or 2 exceptions related to the XamDataGrid filter dropdown.

Will come back after reviewing your links,
Thanks,
T.