Change Grid Appearance

• Oct 18, 2021

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

• Data Cells
  Assign the CellStyle object with the specified settings to the DataGridView.CellStyle property. Use the grid’s RowHeight property to specify the cell height.
• Columns Headers
  Assign the ColumnHeaderStyle object with the specified settings to the DataGridView.ColumnHeaderStyle property.
• Total Summary Panel
  Assign the TotalSummaryStyle object with the specified settings to the DataGridView.TotalSummaryStyle property. Use the grid’s TotalSummaryHeight property to change the height of the total summary panel displayed at the bottom of the grid.

View Example

XAML

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/xamarin/2014/forms/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.CellStyle>
            <dxg:CellStyle Padding="5" BackgroundColor="#333333" BorderColor="#515151"
                           FontSize="14" FontColor="White" 
                           SelectionColor="#f78a09" SelectionFontColor="Black"/>
        </dxg:DataGridView.CellStyle>

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

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

Tip

See the following section in the DataGridView topic for more information: Grid Appearance.