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Fill.BackgroundColor Property

Gets or sets the cell background color.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

Color BackgroundColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
Color

The cell background color.

Remarks

Use properties of the Fill object to specify background settings for a cell:

When you specify BackgroundColor or FillColor for a cell with no background (Fill.PatternType is None), the cell background pattern is changed to Solid.

Important

The semi-transparent alpha component (the Color‘s alpha parameter with a value less than 255) is reset to opaque (255) when the document is rendered in the Spreadsheet control, printed, or exported to PDF and Excel formats.

To access the Fill object, use the Formatting.Fill property.

For examples on how to specify formatting for an individual cell and cell range or modify a style, refer to the How to: Format a Cell or Range of Cells or How to: Create or Modify a Style document.

Note

You can also set a background color for an individual cell or range of cells via the CellRange.FillColor property.

To specify the cell font color, use the SpreadsheetFont.Color property of the SpreadsheetFont object accessed via the Formatting.Font property. For details, review the How to: Change Cell Font and Background Color example.

Example

The following example specifies font and background colors for an individual cell and cell range:

View Example: Spreadsheet Document API Examples

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
using System.Drawing;
// ...

// Format an individual cell.
worksheet.Cells["A1"].Font.Color = Color.Red;
worksheet.Cells["A1"].FillColor = Color.Yellow;

// Format a cell range.
CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:D4"];
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightBlue;
rangeFormatting.Fill.PatternType = PatternType.LightHorizontal;
rangeFormatting.Fill.PatternColor = Color.Violet;
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting);

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