Table.TableLook Property

Gets or sets the table style options that modify the table appearance.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v20.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

TableLookTypes TableLook { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property TableLook As TableLookTypes

Property Value

Type	Description
TableLookTypes	The TableLookTypes enumeration values which specify table style options that change the table appearance.

Available values:

Name	Description
None	Specifies that row and column banding formatting is applied to the table, but special formatting is not applied to the first row, last row, first column and last column.
ApplyFirstRow	Specifies that special formatting is applied to the first row of the table.
ApplyLastRow	Specifies that special formatting is applied to the last row of the table.
ApplyFirstColumn	Specifies that special formatting is applied to the first column of the table.
ApplyLastColumn	Specifies that special formatting is applied to the last column of the table.
DoNotApplyRowBanding	Specifies that row banding formatting is not applied to the table.
DoNotApplyColumnBanding	Specifies that column banding formatting is not applied to the table.

Remarks

Use the TableLook property to apply row or column banding formatting to the table, or special formatting to the first row, last row, first column or last column.

Example

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535

TablesActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\TableStyles.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
document.BeginUpdate();

// Create a new style that is based on the 'Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1' style defined in the loaded document.
TableStyle myNewStyle = document.TableStyles.CreateNew();
myNewStyle.Parent = document.TableStyles["Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"];
// Create conditional styles (styles for table elements)
TableConditionalStyle myNewStyleForFirstRow =
    myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.FirstRow);
myNewStyleForFirstRow.CellBackgroundColor = Color.PaleVioletRed;
TableConditionalStyle myNewStyleForFirstColumn =
    myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.FirstColumn);
myNewStyleForFirstColumn.CellBackgroundColor = Color.PaleVioletRed;
TableConditionalStyle myNewStyleForOddColumns =
    myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.OddColumnBanding);
myNewStyleForOddColumns.CellBackgroundColor = System.Windows.Forms.ControlPaint.Light(Color.PaleVioletRed);
TableConditionalStyle myNewStyleForEvenColumns =
    myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.EvenColumnBanding);
myNewStyleForEvenColumns.CellBackgroundColor = System.Windows.Forms.ControlPaint.LightLight(Color.PaleVioletRed);
document.TableStyles.Add(myNewStyle);
// Create a new table and apply a new style.
Table table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.End, 4, 4, AutoFitBehaviorType.AutoFitToWindow);
table.Style = myNewStyle;
// Specify which conditonal styles are in effect.
table.TableLook = TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstRow | TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstColumn;

document.EndUpdate();

TablesActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
document.LoadDocument("Documents\TableStyles.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
document.BeginUpdate()

' Create a new style that is based on the 'Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1' style defined in the loaded document.
Dim myNewStyle As TableStyle = document.TableStyles.CreateNew()
myNewStyle.Parent = document.TableStyles("Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1")
' Create conditional styles (styles for table elements)
Dim myNewStyleForFirstRow As TableConditionalStyle = myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.FirstRow)
myNewStyleForFirstRow.CellBackgroundColor = Color.PaleVioletRed
Dim myNewStyleForFirstColumn As TableConditionalStyle = myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.FirstColumn)
myNewStyleForFirstColumn.CellBackgroundColor = Color.PaleVioletRed
Dim myNewStyleForOddColumns As TableConditionalStyle = myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.OddColumnBanding)
myNewStyleForOddColumns.CellBackgroundColor = System.Windows.Forms.ControlPaint.Light(Color.PaleVioletRed)
Dim myNewStyleForEvenColumns As TableConditionalStyle = myNewStyle.ConditionalStyleProperties.CreateConditionalStyle(ConditionalTableStyleFormattingTypes.EvenColumnBanding)
myNewStyleForEvenColumns.CellBackgroundColor = System.Windows.Forms.ControlPaint.LightLight(Color.PaleVioletRed)
document.TableStyles.Add(myNewStyle)
' Create a new table and apply a new style.
Dim table As Table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.End, 4, 4, AutoFitBehaviorType.AutoFitToWindow)
table.Style = myNewStyle
' Specify which conditonal styles are in effect.
table.TableLook = TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstRow Or TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstColumn

document.EndUpdate()

Related GitHub Examples

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VB.NET

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/TablesActions.vb#L163

' Specify which conditonal styles are in effect.
table.TableLook = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstRow Or DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstColumn
document.EndUpdate()

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Table.vb#L154

' Specify which conditonal styles are in effect.
table.TableLook = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstRow Or DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TableLookTypes.ApplyFirstColumn
document.EndUpdate()