DashboardViewExtensions.CustomizeViewItemControl<T>(DashboardView, Controller, Action<T>, String[]) Method

Allows you to access and customize controls of the Dashboard View Item.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public static void CustomizeViewItemControl<T>(
    this DashboardView view,
    Controller controller,
    Action<T> customizeAction,
    params string[] viewItemsId
)
    where T : ViewItem

VB.NET

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Sub CustomizeViewItemControl(Of T As ViewItem)(
    view As DashboardView,
    controller As Controller,
    customizeAction As Action(Of T),
    ParamArray viewItemsId As String()
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
view	DashboardView	The specified View type.
controller	Controller	A Controller to customize controls of the specified View Item.
customizeAction	Action<T>	A method to customize controls of the specified View Item.
viewItemsId	String[]	The View Item identifier.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The View Item type.

Remarks

ASP.NET Core Blazor

The following code snippet enables HTML markup in a Static Text component:

using DevExpress.ExpressApp;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Blazor.Editors;

namespace MySolution.Blazor.Server.Controllers;

public class CustomizeDashboardViewController : ViewController<DashboardView> {
        protected override void OnActivated() {
            base.OnActivated();
            View.CustomizeViewItemControl<StaticTextViewItem>(this, item => {
                item.ComponentModel.UseMarkupString = true;
            }, "StaticTextViewItemId");
        }
    }

Windows Forms

The following code snippet specifies the background color in a Static Text component:

using DevExpress.ExpressApp;

namespace MySolution.Win.Controllers;

public class CustomizeDashboardViewController : ViewController<DashboardView> {
        protected override void OnActivated() {
            base.OnActivated();
            View.CustomizeViewItemControl<StaticTextViewItem>(this, item => {
                if(item is StaticTextViewItem staticTextViewItem) {
                    staticTextViewItem.Label.BackColor = Color.Red;
                }
            }, "StaticTextViewItemId");
        }
    }