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I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

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Changing Styles with the times

Paul Kinlan

I'm exploring ways to dynamically change the layout and styles of my Avalon application at runtime, allowing users to switch between different UI themes. I'm considering several approaches:

  1. Stylesheets: Can styles be stored externally and loaded dynamically? I've looked at DynamicResource but I'm unsure if it supports loading XAML from external files.
  2. Dynamic XAML Loading: Can I reload the XAML used by a window at runtime using LoadComponent? The _contentLoaded flag suggests this might not be possible.
  3. Restart on Style Change: A simpler but less desirable option is to require the application to restart when the user changes the UI style.
  4. Localization Analogy: Could the localization framework be adapted for loading different XAML files? I'm unsure if there's a connection between Resource Files and XAML resources.

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