gridhyperlinkcolumn color

[Ana]

Hi! I want to change color of text in each grid row, based on a datakey value. It works fine in all columns but for the text in gridHyperLinkColumn. What to do? I have a custom skin defined on the grid, and this is what I do in code behind. Please can you help me?

void GridMyTasks_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                if ((e.Item.ItemType == GridItemType.Item) || (e.Item.ItemType == GridItemType.AlternatingItem))
                {
                    if (e.Item.DataItem != null)
                    {
                        string dueDate = e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["ActivityDueDate"].ToString().Trim();
                        if (dueDate != "")
                        {
                            DateTime date = Convert.ToDateTime(dueDate);
                            if (date<DateTime.Today)
                            {
                                e.Item.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
                            }
                            else if (date < DateTime.Today.AddDays(10))
                            {
                                e.Item.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Orange;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ShowLabel(ex);
            }
        }

Thanks,
Ana

[Dimo]

Hello Ana,

e.Item.ForeColor sets a color style to the table row element, however, hyperlinks do not inherit color styles from their parents.

Instead of setting ForeColor, you can set custom CSS classe to the RadGrid items and then use CSS rules.

C#

e.Item.CssClass = "AAAA  MyRedClass";

CSS

.RadGrid  .MyRedClass,
.RadGrid  .MyRedClass  a
{
        color: red ;
}

Note that you have to replace AAAA with rgRow or rgAltRow, depending on the item type (Item or AlternatingItem). If you are using RadControls Q3 2008 or older, the CSS classes are:

GridRow_YourSkinName
GridAltRow_YourSkinName


Regards,
Dimo
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[Des]

Hi Dimo

This solution doesn't appear to work when the DataNavigateUrlFields / DataNavigateUrlFormatString is used.  Have I missed something?  I simply want my hyperlinks in RadGrid to be blue and not black.  I tried the above but although the code can change the colour of normal columns, the Hyperlink and Button columns are unaffected.

Des

[Princy]

Hello Des,

Check out the following example to change the color for hyperlinkcolumns in your grid:
aspx:

<telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn DataTextField="ProductName" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="Default.aspx?ID={0}" Text="Product"
 DataNavigateUrlFields="ProductID"  UniqueName="HypCol" HeaderText="HypCol" >
    <ItemStyle CssClass="hyperlink" />
</telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn>

css:

 .hyperlink a
    {
       color:blue !important;
    }

Thanks
Princy.

[Des]

Many thanks Princy, that worked.