How to extend xamoutlookbar theme in wpf?

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ResourceDictionary includes following markup.

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
                    xmlns:flTheme1="Fluent;component/Themes/Office2010"
                    xmlns:Fluent="clr-namespace:Fluent;assembly=Fluent"
                    xmlns:igDP="http://infragistics.com/DataPresenter"
                    xmlns:igEditors="http://infragistics.com/Editors"
                    xmlns:igOB="http://infragistics.com/OutlookBar"
                    xmlns:igOutlookBar="http://infragistics.com/OutlookBar"
                    xmlns:igThemes="http://infragistics.com/Themes"
                    xmlns:igThemes3="clr-namespace:Infragistics.Windows.Themes;assembly=InfragisticsWPF4.OutlookBar.v14.1"
                    xmlns:igThemes4="clr-namespace:Infragistics.Windows.Themes;assembly=InfragisticsWPF4.DataPresenter.v14.1"
                    xmlns:igThemes5="clr-namespace:Infragistics.Windows.Themes;assembly=InfragisticsWPF4.DockManager.v14.1"
                    xmlns:igWindows="http://infragistics.com/Windows"
                    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Dwm">

          <Style TargetType="{x:Type igOB:OutlookBarGroup}" BasedOn="{StaticResource ResourceKey=igThemes3}" >
         <style>

</ResourceDictionary>

How to extend XamOutlookBar Theme so that I can Override style of OutlookBarGroup and apply my style on it to change its background.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Why don't you just set the Background property of your groups:

<igOB:XamOutlookBar>
    <igOB:OutlookBarGroup Background="{StaticResource YourBrushResource}"/>
</igOB:XamOutlookBar>

If you'd like to create an implicit style, I'd still suggest you just override the Background property:

<Style TargetType="igOB:OutlookBarGroup" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type igOB:OutlookBarGroup}}">
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource YourBrushResource}"/>
</Style>

And finally, if you want to modify the control template, you could extract it using Visual Studio as answered in How to Extract Default Control Template In Visual Studio?

How to extend xamoutlookbar theme in wpf?

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