GridView.Appearance Property

Provides access to the properties that control the appearance of the Grid View’s elements.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
[XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content, XtraSerializationFlags.DefaultValue)]
[XtraSerializablePropertyId(1)]
public GridViewAppearances Appearance { get; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
<XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content, XtraSerializationFlags.DefaultValue)>
<XtraSerializablePropertyId(1)>
Public ReadOnly Property Appearance As GridViewAppearances

Property Value

Type	Description
GridViewAppearances	A GridViewAppearances object providing appearance settings for View elements.

Remarks

The GridViewAppearances object provides a number of properties which allow you to access the appearances assigned to Grid View elements. For instance, the GridViewAppearances.FocusedRow property specifies how the focused row is painted.

Refer to the Appearance and Conditional Formatting document for detailed information on appearances.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-create-an-appearance-editor-which-is-similar-to-the-one-used-in-the-grid-designer-e2510/CS/WindowsApplication3/Appearances Editor.cs#L26

    propertyGridControl1.SelectedObject = view.Appearance;
}

VB.NET

how-to-create-an-appearance-editor-which-is-similar-to-the-one-used-in-the-grid-designer-e2510/VB/WindowsApplication3/Appearances Editor.vb#L27

    propertyGridControl1.SelectedObject = view.Appearance
End Sub