20.1.2

Theme Designer 20.1.2 - 2020-09-04

Bug Fixes

• T862806 - Make it possible to export a theme when DevExpress components are not installed

Enhancements

• Theme Designer now supports the new DevExpress Visual Studio 2019 themes.

20.1.1

Theme Designer 20.1.1 - 2020-06-03

The WPF Theme Designer 20.1.1 targets the .NET Framework 4.8. Theme Designer downloads and installs the Runtime framework pack if it's available. In case of any problems, refer to the microsoft.com website and install the Runtime pack.

New Features

• CodeView - context menu includes Cut, Copy, and Paste commands.

Changes

• The Theme Designer now targets the .NET Framework 4.8.
• The Theme Designer uses the MSBuild 16.4.

Enhancements

• Incremental build performance enhanced.

19.2.5

Theme Designer 19.2.5 - 2019-20-12

New Features

• Command Line Interface (CLI) allows you to clone and export theme solutions. You can use the CLI on a build server and then build the theme solution with msbuild.

  Refer to the Command Line Interface topic for more information.

19.2.4

Theme Designer 19.2.4 - 2019-25-11

Bug Fixes

• T834005 - The WPF Theme Designer preview is not displayed if the target version is 17.2

19.2.3

Theme Designer 19.2.3 - 2019-12-11

Bug Fixes

• T830995 - ThemeDesigner does not launch the complex preview

19.2.2

Theme Designer 19.2.2 - 2019-01-10

Bug Fixes

• T816015 - Show error messages when the Output window is hidden

• T719715 - Theme Designer shows an empty preview in certain cases

19.2.1

Theme Designer 19.2.1 - 2019-09-12

New Features

• The Visual Tree Window displays the current preview's visual element structure.

  

• The Properties Window displays the selected element's properties.

  

• The Ignore System DPI tool ignores the system's scaling value and displays the preview with 100% scale.

• The Inspect Element tool allows you to select a UI element to display its properties, XAML code, and its position in the Visual Tree.

  

Enhancements

• The palette color's tooltips added to the CodeView Window's Intelligent Code Completion popup window.

  

Bug Fixes

• T754663 - The preview window is corrupted when the custom theme name is Office2019Colorful

Changed

• The Filter Colors tool now displays only the colors the selected element and its children uses. You can use the Inspect Element tool or the Visual Tree Window to select an element.

• Theme Designer now uses the Ribbon's Simplified mode.

  

• The Reset Layout tool has been moved to the 'Home' ribbon tab.

• The Views ribbon tab has been converted to the drop-down button and moved to the 'Home' ribbon tab.

Removed

• View in XAML tool is removed.

19.1.4

Theme Designer 19.1.4 - 2019-05-27

Bug Fixes

• T743008 - Theme Designer cannot upgrade a theme because the 'x' namespace prefix is not defined in certain files.

19.1.3

Theme Designer 19.1.3 - 2019-05-17

Changes

• The 'Palettes' button in the Palette ribbon tab is renamed to 'Import'.

  

Enhancements

• Internal enhancements and bug fixes.

19.1.2

Theme Designer 19.1.2 - 2019-04-26

New Features

• You can create new themes based on your custom theme at runtime. Refer to the WPF Palettes topic for more information.

• Export your current theme palette to a .cs file.

  

• Apply a predefined palette available in the current theme.