StyleBase.BackgroundColor Property

Gets or sets the background color.

Namespace: DevExpress.XamarinForms.DataGrid

Assembly: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Grid.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Grid

Declaration

[XtraSerializableProperty]
public Color BackgroundColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	The grid element’s background color.

Remarks

To customize the appearance of a grid element’s text (cell, column header, group row or total summary panel), use the FontColor, FontSize, FontFamily, FontAttributes and TextDecorations properties.

Example

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>