ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Themes Versus StyleSheetThemes

When you apply a Theme to a page, the Skins in the Theme override any existing properties of the controls in the page. In other words, properties in a Skin override properties in a page.

For example, imagine that you create the Skin in Listing 6.5.

Listing 6.5. Simple3\Label.skin

The Skin in Listing 6.5 sets the background color of all Label controls to the color Orange.

Now, image that you apply the Skin in Listing 6.5 to the ASP.NET page in Listing 6.6.

Listing 6.6. ShowSkinTheme.aspx

The page in Listing 6.6 ...