How to apply dark theme to dialog boxes

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Hello,

I am using the following for dark theme and also made docking page, splitter etc use dark theme.

CXTPPaintManager::SetTheme(xtpThemeVisualStudio2012Dark);

This is working well.

Now, I don't know how to automatically make the dialog boxes also use the dark theme. Is there a way I can set a theme etc to tell all dialog boxes to use dark background and light text color. Basically dark theme.

Thanks.

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g_j_a_i_n Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 August 2005 Status: Offline Points: 86	Post Options Post Reply Quote g_j_a_i_n Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to apply dark theme to dialog boxes Posted: 26 June 2020 at 8:47am
	Hello, I am using the following for dark theme and also made docking page, splitter etc use dark theme. CXTPPaintManager::SetTheme(xtpThemeVisualStudio2012Dark); This is working well. Now, I don't know how to automatically make the dialog boxes also use the dark theme. Is there a way I can set a theme etc to tell all dialog boxes to use dark background and light text color. Basically dark theme. Thanks.

g_j_a_i_n Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 August 2005 Status: Offline Points: 86	Post Options Post Reply Quote g_j_a_i_n Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2020 at 1:09am
	I saw the Controls sample and GUI_VisualStudio sample. Looks like I have to handle the WM_CTLCOLOR message to implement dark mode in dialogs. This would work for many controls. But won't work for buttons (Button, Checkbox, Radio buttons). We will have to use CXTPButton::SetTheme for such cases. Posted this so that it can helps someone.