Add a gradient background to your DataForm

While the default DataForm in Silverlight 3 looks pretty good. You can add some flare to it by changing the background from solid color to a gradient of blue. You do so by adding the Background tag to your XAML for your DataForm.

<dataFormToolkit:DataForm >
<dataFormToolkit:DataForm.Background>
    <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
        <GradientStop Color="#FFE8F3FC" Offset="0"/>
        <GradientStop Color="#FF9BCCEE" Offset="0.108"/>
    </LinearGradientBrush>
</dataFormToolkit:DataForm.Background>
</dataFormToolkit:DataForm>

 

Here is an example of what it would look like.

 

I snagged it from this very nice tutorial on DataForms.