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Formatting.Fill Property

Provides access to cell background.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

#Declaration

Fill Fill { get; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Fill

A Fill object providing properties to change cell background characteristics.

#Remarks

Use properties of the Fill object to customize the cell background. For example, you can fill cells with solid colors (Fill.BackgroundColor, CellRange.FillColor), shade cells with patterns (Fill.PatternType, Fill.PatternColor) or apply gradient effect (Fill.Gradient).

Spreadsheet_CellColors

#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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