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Asked: 2026-05-13T13:58:36+00:00

Working with the ribboncontrolslibrary, when I run my application the title bar looks like

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Working with the ribboncontrolslibrary, when I run my application the title bar looks like W98 application,. How can I make it look pretty?

Edit: It seems that has something to do with the theme used on windows.

any help would be appreciated.

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<r:RibbonWindow x:Class="Produccion_Dampers.main"
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
 xmlns:r="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon;assembly=RibbonControlsLibrary"
 Title="Window1"
 Height="600"
 Width="800">
    <DockPanel>
        <r:Ribbon DockPanel.Dock="Top" Title="my App looks like s***t">
        </r:Ribbon>
    </DockPanel>
</r:RibbonWindow>
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  1. Editorial Team

    (from my previous comment)

    You can draw a custom window frame as described in this MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb688195(VS.85).aspx, which includes information about drawing the window caption with the system theme’s font (which might provide clues about accessing other theme information).

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