UI Virtualization
RadGridView uses virtualization for its cells and rows. To put it simply, this means that when binding to a DataTable with 1000 rows, you get 1000 data row objects created in RadGridView (of type GridViewDataRowInfo). However, not all data row objects can be visible at the same time in the RadGridView estate area in your application. This is why only the visual rows that can be shown in the estate area get created (these visual rows are of type GridDataRowElement), or about 20-30 rows for an average application with medium-sized RadGridView. These visual elements are reused during scrolling, filtering and other operations with the grid, meaning dramatically improved performance and memory footprint as only a small number of visual items are created.
Formatting Events
Because of the virtualization you cannot access UI elements at design time or directly by using the element tree or a property. Instead, you have to use formatting events. These events in RadGridView are CellFormatting for data cells and RowFormatting for data rows. When customizing system rows and cells, one should use ViewCellFormatting and ViewRowFormatting events instead. Read more
Here is a quick sample:
void radGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, CellFormattingEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CellElement.ColumnInfo.Name == "UnitsOnOrder" && e.CellElement.Value != null)
{
if ((short)e.CellElement.Value <= 0)
{
e.CellElement.DrawFill = true;
e.CellElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;
e.CellElement.BackColor = Color.Red;
e.CellElement.BorderBoxStyle = BorderBoxStyle.SingleBorder;
}
else
{
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
e.CellElement.ResetValue(VisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderBoxStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
}
}
else
{
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
e.CellElement.ResetValue(VisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderBoxStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local);
}
}
Private Sub radGridView1_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CellFormattingEventArgs)
If e.CellElement.ColumnInfo.Name = "UnitsOnOrder" AndAlso e.CellElement.Value IsNot Nothing Then
If CShort(Fix(e.CellElement.Value)) <= 0 Then
e.CellElement.DrawFill = True
e.CellElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid
e.CellElement.BackColor = Color.Red
e.CellElement.BorderBoxStyle = BorderBoxStyle.SingleBorder
Else
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
e.CellElement.ResetValue(VisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderBoxStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
End If
Else
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
e.CellElement.ResetValue(VisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderBoxStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
End If
End Sub
Style property
Another solution is the Style property which is available when accessing logical cell objects. It allows for directly setting visual properties that will reflect the specified cell element. Read more
Conditional formatting
Another feature that we provide is the conditional formatting which is available for end user via context menu. Read more