Question

Is it possible for a derived controls to inherit his base control skin.

Say I am deriving a control from TextBox, is it possible for the derived control to inherit the skin settings for Textbox or do they need to be defined again?

I am applying the default skins to all controls through the styleSheetTheme Page property

I am using the Devexpress asp.net controls if that makes any difference.

Answer 1

You will have to define them again.
Here’s the link form msdn:ASP.NET Themes and Skins
Read the fourth paragraph in the skins section. It’s exactly what you wanted to know.

(Default skins are matched exactly by control type, so that a Button control skin applies to all Button controls, but not to LinkButton controls or to controls that derive from the Button object.)

It sounds as if you could use the skinID for what you want though. Apple the named skin to both the button and it’s derived control.