Customize Pivot Grid Colors

• Jan 16, 2024
• 3 minutes to read

This topic lists properties you can use to change the color of the PivotGridControl’s elements.

Set these properties directly or create a style that targets the PivotGridControl and specify the colors.

Standard Control Properties

You can use the Control properties to change the color of the PivotGridControl’s elements:

• BorderBrush
• Background
• Foreground

PivotGridControl Properties

You can use the PivotGridControl properties to change the colors of cell and field values.

Property	Description
CellBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of data cells. This is a dependency property.
CellForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of data cells. This is a dependency property.
CellSelectedBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of the selected data cell. This is a dependency property.
CellSelectedForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of the selected data cell. This is a dependency property.
CellTotalBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of total and grand total cells. This is a dependency property.
CellTotalForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of total and grand total cells. This is a dependency property.
CellTotalSelectedBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of the selected total or grand total cell. This is a dependency property.
CellTotalSelectedForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of the selected total or grand total cell. This is a dependency property.
ValueBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of field value cells. This is a dependency property.
ValueForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of field value cells. This is a dependency property.
ValueSelectedBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of the selected field value cell. This is a dependency property.
ValueSelectedForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of the selected field value cell. This is a dependency property.
ValueTotalBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of total and grand total headers. This is a dependency property.
ValueTotalForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of total and grand total headers. This is a dependency property.
ValueTotalSelectedBackground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the background of the selected total or grand total header. This is a dependency property.
ValueTotalSelectedForeground	Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of the selected total or grand total header. This is a dependency property.

The following example demonstrates how to create a custom style for a pivot grid.

In this example, we create and apply a style that sets custom colors for pivot grid cells and field values.

The following image shows the result:

MainWindow.xaml

<Window xmlns:dxpg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/pivotgrid"
        xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        x:Class="DXPivotGrid_CustomizeBrushes.MainWindow"
        dx:ThemeManager.ThemeName="Office2010Black"
        Height="600" Width="800"
        Title="Main Window">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.Resources>
            <Style x:Key="pivotGridCustomStyle" TargetType="dxpg:PivotGridControl">
                <Setter Property="CellBackground" Value="#b4c7ff"/>
                <Setter Property="CellForeground" Value="Black"/>
                <Setter Property="CellSelectedBackground" Value="#888ea0"/>
                <Setter Property="CellSelectedForeground" Value="White"/>
                <Setter Property="CellTotalBackground" Value="#7599ff"/>
                <Setter Property="CellTotalForeground" Value="Black"/>
                <Setter Property="CellTotalSelectedBackground" Value="#51555f"/>
                <Setter Property="CellTotalSelectedForeground" Value="White"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueBackground" Value="#f3dfaa"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueForeground" Value="Black"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueSelectedBackground" Value="#888ea0"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueSelectedForeground" Value="White"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueTotalBackground" Value="#f1c44a"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueTotalForeground" Value="Black"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueTotalSelectedBackground" Value="#51555f"/>
                <Setter Property="ValueTotalSelectedForeground" Value="White"/>
            </Style>
        </Grid.Resources>
        <dxpg:PivotGridControl Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=pivotGridCustomStyle}"
                               Name="pivotGridControl1" >
            <dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldYear" FieldName="OrderDate" Area="ColumnArea"
                                     Caption="Year" GroupInterval="DateYear"/>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCategoryName" FieldName="CategoryName"
                                     Area="RowArea" Caption="Category"/>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldProductName" FieldName="ProductName"
                                     Area="RowArea" Caption="Product"/>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldQuantity" FieldName="Quantity" Area="DataArea"/>
            </dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
        </dxpg:PivotGridControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>