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Skins customize the graphical appearance of individual controls (such as Button or Label) without affecting their functionality. Control skin settings are similar to a control's markup but they contain only the properties specific to that theme. Skin files (.skin) could be created in the theme folder, and skins of different controls could either be in different files or in one file.

Note that the skin is always a part of a theme! For more information, see Working with Themes.

Skin file in a Visual Studio Project

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Below is a sample of a skin file that applies the SitefinityBlue control skin to the RadMenu control.

RadMenu.skin Copy Code
<%@ Register TagPrefix="radM" Namespace="Telerik.WebControls" Assembly="RadMenu.Net2" %>
<radM:RadMenu
 runat="server"
 Skin="SitefinityBlue">
</radM:RadMenu>

 

Having this .skin file in a theme will make RadMenu controls use SitefinityBlue skin for all pages in the project that use this theme, unless specified otherwise in the RadMenu control properties.

 

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