RadImageItem will not center in GridCellElement

[dootndo2]

I used the property builder tool and added a checkboxcolumn to my radgridview.  I want to have an picturebox in the column that will put a different image based upon some boolean value.

I have everything working, but I cannot get the control to be centered in the column.  I am adding the RadImageItem as such:

	If TypeOf e.CellElement.ColumnInfo Is GridViewDataColumn AndAlso DirectCast(e.CellElement.ColumnInfo, GridViewDataColumn).DataField = "HasComments" Then
	If Not (TypeOf e.CellElement.RowElement Is GridHeaderRowElement) Then
	'exclude Header element in the data column
	If e.CellElement.Children.Count > 0 Then
	If e.CellElement.Children(0).GetType() Is GetType(Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadCheckBoxEditor) Then
	' remove the checkbox
	e.CellElement.Children.RemoveAt(0)
	Dim pieceid As Integer = CType(e.CellElement.RowElement.RowInfo.Cells("PieceId").Value, Integer)
	Dim hasComments As Boolean = ' load has comments
	Dim img As RadImageItem = New RadImageItem()
	If hasComments Then
	img.Image = My.Resources.Resources.green
	Else
	img.Image = My.Resources.Resources.red
	End If
	e.CellElement.Children.Add(img)
	e.CellElement.Children(0).Alignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter
	e.CellElement.Alignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter
	End If
	End If
	End If
	End If

I'm sure that there is an easy way to do this, but I am not able to locate it.  The Alignment Properties do not seem to adjust this.

Thanks as always.

Dennis

[Jack]

Hi dootndo2,

Thank you for writing.

This can be done by using the Image property of GridCheckBoxCellElement. The best place to assign an image to a cell is the CellFormatting event. Refer to the sample below:

Private  Sub radGridView1_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.CellFormattingEventArgs)
    e.CellElement.PaintTextFormat.HotkeyPrefix = System.Drawing.Text.HotkeyPrefix.None
    If TypeOf e.CellElement Is GridCheckBoxCellElement Then
        If e.CellElement.Children.Count > 0 Then
            e.CellElement.Children.RemoveAt(0)
            e.CellElement.Image = Resources.vgrip
        End If
    End If
End Sub

In case you have further questions, we will be glad to help you.

Greetings,
Jack
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