The following sections explain in detail how to customize the Maps control's layout and appearance. You can use built-in layout options to lay your controls out in panels such as Grids or Canvases. Themes allow you to customize the appearance of the grid and take advantage of WPF's XAML-based styling.

Maps Properties

The following table outlines the brush properties of the Maps control:

You can completely change the appearance of the C1Maps control by setting a few properties, such as the Background property, which sets the background color of the map’s tools.

Maps Theming

Complete the following steps:

1. Open the .xaml page in Visual Studio.
2. Place your cursor between the <Grid></Grid> tags.
3. In the Tools panel, double-click the C1ThemeRainierOrange icon to declare the theme. Its tags will appear as follows:

    <my:C1ThemeRainierOrange></my:C1ThemeRainierOrange>

4. Place your cursor between the <my:C1ThemeRainierOrange> and </my:C1ThemeRainierOrange> tags.
5. In the Tools panel, double-click the C1Maps icon to add the control to the project. Its tags will appear as children of the <my:C1ThemeRainierOrange> tags, causing the markup to resemble the following:

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   <my:C1ThemeRainierOrange> <c1:C1Maps Height="172" Width="288" Margin="200,0,34,0"/> </my:C1ThemeRainierOrange>

6. Run your project.

This Topic Illustrates the Following:

The following image depicts a Maps control with the C1ThemeRainierOrange theme.