GridView.RowCellStyle Event

Fires for every visible Grid cell before this cell is shown. Allows you to modify Appearance settings for this cell.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public event RowCellStyleEventHandler RowCellStyle

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Event RowCellStyle As RowCellStyleEventHandler

Event Data

The RowCellStyle event's data class is RowCellStyleEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Appearance	Gets the appearance settings used to paint the data cell currently being processed.
CellValue	Returns the currently processed cell value. Inherited from CustomRowCellEventArgs.
Column	Gets the column to which the currently processed cell corresponds. Inherited from CustomRowCellEventArgs.
RowHandle	Gets the handle of the row that contains the processed cell. Inherited from CustomRowCellEventArgs.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method	Description
CombineAppearance(AppearanceObject)	Copies the activated settings of the appearance object passed as the parameter.

Remarks

Use the event’s e.RowHandle and e.Column parameters to identify the currently processed cell, then use the e.Appearance parameter to customize appearance settings.

Use the RefreshRowCell method to forcibly raise the RowCellStyle event when needed.

Note

The grid control fires the RowCellStyle event too frequently. We recommend that you do not implement complex logic in this event handler to avoid performance issues.

Run Demo

C#

    gridView.RowCellStyle += (sender, e) => {
        GridView view = sender as GridView;
        bool _mark = (bool)view.GetRowCellValue(e.RowHandle, "Mark");
        if(e.Column.FieldName == "Name") {
            e.Appearance.BackColor = _mark ? Color.LightGreen : Color.LightSalmon;
            e.Appearance.TextOptions.HAlignment = _mark ? HorzAlignment.Far : HorzAlignment.Near;
        }
        if(e.Column.FieldName == "Length") {
            double _length = (double)e.CellValue;
            if(_length > 25)
                e.Appearance.ForeColor = Color.Red;
        }
    };

VB.NET

    AddHandler gridView.RowCellStyle, Sub(sender, e)
        Dim view As GridView = TryCast(sender, GridView)
        Dim _mark As Boolean = CBool(view.GetRowCellValue(e.RowHandle, "Mark"))
        If e.Column.FieldName = "Name" Then
            e.Appearance.BackColor = If(_mark, Color.LightGreen, Color.LightSalmon)
            e.Appearance.TextOptions.HAlignment = If(_mark, HorzAlignment.Far, HorzAlignment.Near)
        End If
        If e.Column.FieldName = "Length" Then
            Dim _length As Double = CDbl(e.CellValue)
            If _length > 25 Then
                e.Appearance.ForeColor = Color.Red
            End If
        End If
    End Sub

To specify appearance settings of entire rows instead of individual cells, handle the GridView.RowStyle event.

Tip

Data Grid does not display cell images assigned to the Appearance.Image properties in the RowCellStyle and GridView.RowStyle events. See the “Cell Icons” section of the Cells topic to learn how to display icons within Grid cells.

Important

Do not change cell values, modify the control’s layout, or change the control’s object model in the events used for custom control painting. Actions that update the layout can cause the control to malfunction.

Please refer to the Appearance and Conditional Formatting topic for additional information.

Online Video

WinForms Grid: Custom Drawing.

Example

The following code demonstrates how to customize the appearance of individual grid cells using the GridView.RowCellStyle event handler. The grid cells in this example are colored in a staggered manner. The following image demonstrates the result:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;

private void gridView1_RowCellStyle(object sender, RowCellStyleEventArgs e) {
   GridView view = sender as GridView;
   if(view == null) return;
   if(e.RowHandle != view.FocusedRowHandle && 
      ((e.RowHandle % 2 == 0 && e.Column.VisibleIndex % 2 == 1) || 
      (e.Column.VisibleIndex % 2 == 0 && e.RowHandle % 2 == 1)))    
      e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.NavajoWhite;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Private Sub gridView1_RowCellStyle(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As RowCellStyleEventArgs) Handles gridView1.RowCellStyle
    Dim view As GridView = sender
    If view Is Nothing Then
        Return
    End If
    If e.RowHandle <> view.FocusedRowHandle And _
        ((e.RowHandle Mod 2 = 0 And e.Column.VisibleIndex Mod 2 = 1) Or _
        (e.Column.VisibleIndex Mod 2 = 0 And e.RowHandle Mod 2 = 1)) Then _
            e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.NavajoWhite
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the RowCellStyle event.

Note

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C#

winforms-grid-highlight-modified-cells/CS/Form1.cs#L15

gridControl1.DataSource = GetData(10);
gridView1.RowCellStyle += gridView1_RowCellStyle;
gridView1.CellValueChanged += gridView1_CellValueChanged;

winforms-grid-customize-cell-color/CS/CellColorHelper.cs#L24

    _View = view;
    _View.RowCellStyle += _View_RowCellStyle;
}

winforms-grid-update-row-style-on-cell-value-change/CS/Form1.cs#L49

    riTrackBar.EditValueChanged += OnEditValueChanged;
    gridView1.RowCellStyle += new RowCellStyleEventHandler(gridView1_RowCellStyle);
}

VB.NET

winforms-grid-highlight-modified-cells/VB/Form1.vb#L17

gridControl1.DataSource = GetData(10)
AddHandler gridView1.RowCellStyle, AddressOf gridView1_RowCellStyle
AddHandler gridView1.CellValueChanged, AddressOf gridView1_CellValueChanged

winforms-grid-customize-cell-color/VB/CellColorHelper.vb#L21

    _View = view
    AddHandler _View.RowCellStyle, AddressOf _View_RowCellStyle
End Sub

winforms-grid-update-row-style-on-cell-value-change/VB/Form1.vb#L48

    AddHandler riTrackBar.EditValueChanged, AddressOf OnEditValueChanged
    AddHandler gridView1.RowCellStyle, New RowCellStyleEventHandler(AddressOf gridView1_RowCellStyle)
End Sub