Finding Default WPF Theme File

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In Visual Studio we can extract default style by right-clicking on the control and choosing Edit Template. My question is where this style comes from? PresentationFramework assembly? How we can get the main theme file which is included all default styles applied to the System.Windows.Controls?

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

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This is a duplicate of Where to find WPF Classic Theme as XAML?.

From the accepted answer of that question, as well as the comments on it:

If you have Expression Blend installed several themes, including classic.xaml, can be found in

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Expression\Blend 3\SystemThemes\Wpf

If you have the Windows SDK installed they are also available in:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Samples\WPFSamples.zip in the Core folder e.g. Core\ClassicTheme\xaml\classic.xaml

Additionally, You can download these files directly from MSDN, without Blend: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa358533.aspx

Answers from @ChrisF, @PhilDevaney, and @M.Dudley

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Mar 03 '17 at 18:58

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I have windows 7 and SDK installed, but there is no WPFSamples.zip file. Also my SDK path is different from the answer and is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits – Mehdi Zangeneh Mar 11 '17 at 09:58
Also I can't find any file to download from msdn page. – Mehdi Zangeneh Mar 11 '17 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '23 at 06:47

VS2022 02.2023

C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/DesignTools/SystemThemes/Wpf

aero.normalcolor.xaml
aero2.normalcolor.xaml
aerolite.normalcolor.xaml
classic.xaml
luna.homestead.xaml
luna.metallic.xaml
luna.normalcolor.xaml
royale.normalcolor.xaml

Finding Default WPF Theme File

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