TextConditionalFormatting Interface

Represents a conditional formatting rule that formats cells that contain or do not contain the given text.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public interface TextConditionalFormatting :
    ConditionalFormatting,
    ISupportsFormatting

VB.NET

Public Interface TextConditionalFormatting
    Inherits ConditionalFormatting,
             ISupportsFormatting

Related API Members

The following members return TextConditionalFormatting objects:

• ConditionalFormattingCollection.AddTextConditionalFormatting(Range, ConditionalFormattingTextCondition, String)

Remarks

The conditional formatting rule specified by the TextConditionalFormatting object highlights cells based on the text they contain. The Worksheet.ConditionalFormattings property returns the ConditionalFormattingCollection collection that stores all conditional formatting rules specified on a worksheet. Use the methods of the ConditionalFormattingCollection object to apply (the ConditionalFormattingCollection.AddTextConditionalFormatting method) or remove (the ConditionalFormattingCollection.Remove method) the conditional format.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create a rule that applies a conditional format based on the text in a cell.

1. To create a new conditional formatting rule represented by the TextConditionalFormatting object, access the collection of conditional formats from the Worksheet.ConditionalFormattings property and call the ConditionalFormattingCollection.AddTextConditionalFormatting method. Pass the following parameters:

   • A Range object that defines a range of cells to which the rule is applied.
   • A condition specified by one of the ConditionalFormattingTextCondition enumeration values.
   • A text string to be highlighted in a range of cells.
2. Specify formatting options to be applied to cells if the condition is true using the ISupportsFormatting.Formatting property of the TextConditionalFormatting object.

To remove the TextConditionalFormatting object, use the ConditionalFormattingCollection.Remove, ConditionalFormattingCollection.RemoveAt or ConditionalFormattingCollection.Clear methods.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-apply-conditional-formatting-to-a-range-of-cells-e4929

ConditionalFormatting.vb

' Create the rule to highlight values with the given text string in cells A2 through A15.
Dim cfRule As TextConditionalFormatting = worksheet.ConditionalFormattings.AddTextConditionalFormatting(worksheet.Range("$A$2:$A$15"), ConditionalFormattingTextCondition.Contains, "Bradbury")
' Specify formatting options to be applied to cells if the condition is true.
' Set the background color to pink.
cfRule.Formatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.FromArgb(255, &HE1, &H95, &HC2)

ConditionalFormatting.cs

// Create the rule to highlight values with the given text string in cells A2 through A15.
TextConditionalFormatting cfRule = worksheet.ConditionalFormattings.AddTextConditionalFormatting(worksheet.Range["$A$2:$A$15"], ConditionalFormattingTextCondition.Contains, "Bradbury");
// Specify formatting options to be applied to cells if the condition is true.
// Set the background color to pink.
cfRule.Formatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 0xE1, 0x95, 0xC2);