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A C1Menu control has six embedded themes that you can apply with just a few clicks. This topic illustrates how to change the theme in Design view, in Source view, and in code. For more information on themes, see C1Menu Themes.

Changing the Theme in Design View

Complete the following steps:

  1. Click the C1Menu smart tag C1Menu to open the C1Menu Tasks menu.
  2. Click the Theme drop-down arrow and select a theme from the list. For this example, select rocket.

    C1Menu Task Menu

    The rocket theme is applied to the C1Menu control.

Changing the Theme in Source View

To change the theme of your C1Menu in Source view, add VisualStyle="rocket" to the <cc1:C1Menu> tag so that it resembles the following:

To write code in Source View

<cc1:C1Menu ID="C1Menu1" runat="server" Theme="rocket"/>

Changing the Theme in Code

Complete the following steps:

  1. Import the following namespace into your project:

    To write code in Visual Basic

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    Imports C1.Web.Wijmo.Controls
    

    To write code in C#

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    using C1.Web.Wijmo.Controls;
    
  2. Add the following code, which sets the Theme property, to the Page_Load event:

    To write code in Visual Basic

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    C1Menu1.Theme = "rocket"
    

    To write code in C#

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    C1Menu1.Theme = "rocket";
    
  3. Run the program.

ThemesThis topic illustrates the following:

The following image shows a C1Menu control with the rocket theme:

Rocket Theme