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RepositoryItemLookUpEdit.CustomDrawCell Event

Provides the capability to perform custom painting of grid cells in the drop-down.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event LookUpCustomDrawCellEventHandler CustomDrawCell

#Event Data

The CustomDrawCell event's data class is DevExpress.XtraEditors.Popup.LookUpCustomDrawCellArgs.

#Remarks

The CustomDrawCell event fires each time a grid cell in the drop-down is about to be painted, and allows you to specify custom appearance settings or perform custom painting.

The code snippet below shows how to set a custom background color for cells in odd rows.

void rtLookUpEdit_CustomDrawCell(object sender, DevExpress.XtraEditors.Popup.LookUpCustomDrawCellArgs e) {
    if (e.IsRowSelected) return;
    if ((e.RowIndex % 2) == 0) return;
    e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
}

The figure below shows the result.

LookUpEdit_CustomDrawCell

You can also perform custom cell painting using the Graphics argument. Note that the Handled argument must be set to true in this case to prevent the default painting.

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