How to: Change the Field Value Header Appearance

• Jun 20, 2019

If UserLookAndFeel.Style is set to Skin, the appearance background color settings have no effect. To set a custom background color, draw the field header manually in the PivotGridControl.CustomDrawFieldValue event handler.

Note

The complete sample project How to Change the Field Value Header Background with the CustomDrawFieldValue Event is available in the DevExpress Examples repository.

Form1.cs

private void pivotGridControl1_CustomDrawFieldValue(object sender, 
    DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.PivotCustomDrawFieldValueEventArgs e) {
    if (e.Area == DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.PivotArea.ColumnArea) {
        e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.GreenYellow;
    }
    else if (e.Area == DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.PivotArea.RowArea) {
        e.Painter.DrawObject(e.Info);
        e.Painter.DrawIndicator(e.Info);
        e.GraphicsCache.FillRectangle(e.GraphicsCache.GetSolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(50, 0, 0, 200)), e.Bounds);
        e.Handled = true;
    }
}

Form1.vb

Private Sub pivotGridControl1_CustomDrawFieldValue(ByVal sender As Object,
    ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.PivotCustomDrawFieldValueEventArgs) Handles pivotGridControl1.CustomDrawFieldValue
    If e.Area = DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.PivotArea.ColumnArea Then
        e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.GreenYellow
    ElseIf e.Area = DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.PivotArea.RowArea Then
        e.Painter.DrawObject(e.Info)
        e.Painter.DrawIndicator(e.Info)
        e.GraphicsCache.FillRectangle(e.GraphicsCache.GetSolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(50, 0, 0, 200)), e.Bounds)
        e.Handled = True
    End If
End Sub