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Customizing Appearance

You can access and modify the style for different elements in RadDataEntry by using the Element Hierarchy Editor.

Figure 1: Element Hierarchy Editor

WinForms RadDataLayout Element Hierarchy Editor

Changing the styles of the underlying items and controls

The following snippet shows how you access the underlying controls and change their style:

foreach (DataLayoutControlItem item in radDataLayout1.LayoutControl.Items)
{
    item.ForeColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#51ab2e");
    if (item.AssociatedControl is RadTextBox)
    {
        item.AssociatedControl.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#91c930");
    }
}

For Each item As DataLayoutControlItem In RadDataLayout1.LayoutControl.Items
    item.ForeColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#51ab2e")
    If TypeOf item.AssociatedControl Is RadTextBox Then
        item.AssociatedControl.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#91c930")
    End If
Next item

Figure 2: Change the items styles

WinForms RadDataLayout Change the Items Styles

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