Styling Rows
Before reading this topic, you might find it useful to get familiar with the Template Structure of the GridViewRow.
RadGridViewsupports setting the background color of the selected row, as well as setting the mouse-over color of the row. More information can be found in the SelectedBackground and MouseOverBackground article.
In this article we will discuss the following topics:
GridViewRow template structure
Targeting the GridViewRow Element
In order to style all RadGridView rows of an application, you should create an appropriate style targeting the GridViewRow element.
You have two options:
To create an empty style and set it up on your own.
To copy the default style of the control and modify it.
To learn how to modify the default
GridViewCellstyle, please refer to the Modifying Default Styles article.
Styling all rows of an application
<Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewRow">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
</Style>
If you're using Implicit Styles, you should base your style on the GridViewRowStyle.
Setting RadGridView's RowStyle and AlternateRowStyle
RadGridView exposes the RowStyle and AlternateRowStyle properties of type Style. GridViewRow elements can be styled by providing an appropriate style for each of these properties.
In order to use the
AlternateRowStyle, you should first set theAlternationCountproperty of your RadGridView. For example, if you want to alternate each second row, you have to set its value to 2.
Creating styles for the RowStyle and AlternativeRowStyle properties
<Application.Resources>
<!-- If you use NoXaml dlls set the BasedOn property of the Style: BasedOn="{StaticResource GridViewRowStyle}" -->
<Style x:Key="GridViewRowStyle" TargetType="telerik:GridViewRow">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
</Style>
<!-- If you use NoXaml dlls set the BasedOn property of the Style: BasedOn="{StaticResource GridViewAlternateRowStyle}" -->
<Style x:Key="GridViewAlternateRowStyle" TargetType="telerik:GridViewRow">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Blue"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
Applying styles to the RowStyle and AlternateRowStyle properties
<telerik:RadGridView RowStyle="{StaticResource GridViewRowStyle}"
AlternationCount="2"
AlternateRowStyle="{StaticResource GridViewAlternateRowStyle}" />
RadGridView with styled rows
Setting RadGridView's RowStyleSelector and AlternateRowsStyleSelector
You could also use RadGridView's RowStyleSelector and AlternateRowsStyleSelector properties to style rows differently based on a specific condition. More details about how this can be achieved can be found in the RowStyleSelector article.