The LoginView.EnableTheming property indicates whether themes are enabled for the System.Web.UI.WebControls.LoginView control. The LoginView.EnableTheming property also affects whether themes are enabled for the controls contained in its LoginView.Controls collection. When the LoginView.EnableTheming property is true, the application's theme directory is searched for control skins to apply. If no skin for the particular control exists in the theme directory, a skin is not applied. When the LoginView.EnableTheming property is false, the theme directory is not searched and the contents of the LoginView.SkinID property are not used.

A control can override the LoginView.EnableTheming value set by its parent control, or the containing page. For example, if a parent control has LoginView.EnableTheming set to false, you can selectively apply themes to child controls contained within the parent by setting the LoginView.EnableTheming property to true on the individual child controls.