How to create a StyleSheet

The appearance of each element in the grid can be customized by setting various properties such as BackColor and ForeColor, however it is also possible to customize the appearance of the entire grid (or just portions) using stylesheets.

Although the grid comes with seven predefined stylesheets, it is possible to create your own using the StyleSheet class.

Demonstration

The following code demonstrates how to use one of the predefined stylesheets and apply it to the grid:

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`GridControl1.ApplyStyleSheet( StyleSheet.Xceed )`

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`gridControl1.ApplyStyleSheet( StyleSheet.Xceed );`

If you want to create your own stylesheet, for example to alternate the color of the datarows in the grid, you could use the following code:

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`Dim styleSheet As New StyleSheet() Dim style1 As New VisualGridElementStyle() Dim style2 As New VisualGridElementStyle()` `style1.BackColor = Color.Green style2.BackColor = Color.Blue` `styleSheet.DataRows.Add(style1) styleSheet.DataRows.Add(style2)` `' Don't forget to call the grid's ApplyStyleSheet method so that the new styles are reflected ' in the grid. GridControl1.ApplyStyleSheet(styleSheet)`

Dim styleSheet As New StyleSheet() Dim style1 As New VisualGridElementStyle() Dim style2 As New VisualGridElementStyle()

style1.BackColor = Color.Green style2.BackColor = Color.Blue

styleSheet.DataRows.Add(style1) styleSheet.DataRows.Add(style2)

' Don't forget to call the grid's ApplyStyleSheet method so that the new styles are reflected ' in the grid. GridControl1.ApplyStyleSheet(styleSheet)

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`StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet(); VisualGridElementStyle style1 = new VisualGridElementStyle(); VisualGridElementStyle style2 = new VisualGridElementStyle();` `style1.BackColor = Color.Green; style2.BackColor = Color.Blue;` `styleSheet.DataRows.Add( style1 ); styleSheet.DataRows.Add( style2 );` `// Don't forget to call the grid's ApplyStyleSheet method so that the new styles are reflected // in the grid. gridControl1.ApplyStyleSheet( styleSheet );`

StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet(); VisualGridElementStyle style1 = new VisualGridElementStyle(); VisualGridElementStyle style2 = new VisualGridElementStyle();

style1.BackColor = Color.Green; style2.BackColor = Color.Blue;

styleSheet.DataRows.Add( style1 ); styleSheet.DataRows.Add( style2 );

// Don't forget to call the grid's ApplyStyleSheet method so that the new styles are reflected // in the grid. gridControl1.ApplyStyleSheet( styleSheet );

Of course there are various other elements that you can customize using stylesheets, so your best option is to play around with them to get the desired appearance.