How to override horizontal grid line colour when using the Metro theme

[Paul McNamara]

I am using the RadControls for Silverlight Q2 2011 and the Metro theme.

When using this theme, the horizontal grid line is white and I am not able to override that by setting the HorizontalGridLineBrush.

If I use the OfficeBlue theme then I can override the brush colour.

Why does the Metro them prevent me overriding this property?
How can I force the grid to use the colour I specify in HorizontalGridLineBrush?

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hello Paul,



By default grid lines are not visible in this theme. 
Have you tried to set GridLinesVisibility property of the grid to Horizontal? 


Regards,
Vanya Pavlova
Telerik

 

 

[Paul McNamara]

Hi Vanya

Yes, I have set GridLinesVisibility to Both. If I set a background colour on the grid, I can see both vertical and horizontal lines but the horizontal lines always seem to be the PaletteInstance.MainColor which in my case is White.

If I specify my own VerticalGridlinesBrush and HorizontalGridlinesBrush, I do see the colour specified for the vertical lines but it has no effect on the horizontal ines.

If I use the OfficeBlue theme the colour I specify in the brushes mentioned above does appear.

Is there some other property being set on the horizontal line that would prevent my HorizontalGridlinesBrush from having any effect?

[Paul McNamara]

Is there no other advice you can give?

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hi Paul,


I could definitely confirm that we had this problem in Metro theme in Silverlight 4 environment. 
As it turns out, upgrading to Q3 2011 is the best option we may offer in this particular case. 
Hope this helps. 


Regards,
Vanya Pavlova
Telerik

 

 

[Paul McNamara]

Hi Vanya

Upgrading to Q3 2001 has indeed solved the problem.

Many thanks for the response.