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CellAppearance Class

An object that contains a Data Grid cell’s apperance properties.

Namespace: DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid

Assembly: DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid

Declaration

public class CellAppearance :
    CellAppearanceBase

The following members return CellAppearance objects:

Remarks

The CellAppearance class properties customize the following appearance parameters of a data cell:

Data Grid - Cell Style

Example

This example shows how to modify the appearance of the following grid elements:

Data Cells
Assign the CellAppearance object with the specified settings to the DataGridView.CellAppearance property. Use the grid’s RowHeight property to specify the cell height.
Column Headers
Assign the ColumnHeaderAppearance object with the specified settings to the DataGridView.ColumnHeaderAppearance property.
Total Summary Panel
Assign the TotalSummaryAppearance object with the specified settings to the DataGridView.TotalSummaryAppearance property. Use the grid’s TotalSummaryHeight property to change the height of the total summary panel displayed at the bottom of the grid.

Data Grid - Custom Appearance

<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:dxg="clr-namespace:DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid;assembly=DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:DataGrid_CustomAppearance"
             x:Class="DataGrid_CustomAppearance.MainPage">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:TestOrderRepository/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <dxg:DataGridView ItemsSource="{Binding Orders}" 
                      RowHeight="40" TotalSummaryHeight="40">

        <!-- Specify grid columns and total summaries here. -->

        <!--Customize the appearance of grid cells.-->
        <dxg:DataGridView.CellAppearance>
            <dxg:CellAppearance Padding="5" BackgroundColor="#333333" BorderColor="#515151"
                           FontSize="14" FontColor="White" 
                           SelectionColor="#f78a09" SelectionFontColor="Black"/>
        </dxg:DataGridView.CellAppearance>

        <!--Customize the appearance of column headers.-->
        <dxg:DataGridView.ColumnHeaderAppearance>
            <dxg:ColumnHeaderAppearance BackgroundColor="#333333" BorderColor="#515151" 
                                   FontSize="16" FontColor="#929292" FontAttributes="Bold" 
                                   HorizontalLineThickness="2"/>
        </dxg:DataGridView.ColumnHeaderAppearance>

        <!--Customize the appearance of the total summary panel.-->
        <dxg:DataGridView.TotalSummaryAppearance>
            <dxg:TotalSummaryAppearance Padding="2,10" BackgroundColor="#666666" BorderColor="#515151"
                                   FontSize="14" FontColor="#f78a09"/>
        </dxg:DataGridView.TotalSummaryAppearance>
    </dxg:DataGridView>
</ContentPage>
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