AlternatingItemStyle and DetailTables

[Erin]

I have a MasterTable which uses DetailTables (in a RadGrid). The MasterTable uses AlternatingItemStyle to color every other row in the grid. The problem is that this color does not come down into the DetailTables (i.e. every other main row is colored, but ALL DetailTables are white/uncolored). I need each DetailTable to match the color/background of its associated row in the grid. Any suggestions?

[Shinu]

Hi,

One suggestion is that you can set color for DetailTables as shown below.
aspx:

<telerik:RadGrid  AlternatingItemStyle-BackColor="Red">
 <DetailTables>
    <telerik:GridTableView AlternatingItemStyle-BackColor="Red">
      . . .
    </telerik:GridTableView>
 </DetailTables>
</telerik:RadGrid>

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Erin]

That looks like it could work! Thank you! I should mention that I need to do this through the code behind (C#). Any other suggestions?

[Shinu]

Hi,

You can set color in ItemDataBound event as shown below.
aspx:

<DetailTables>
   <telerik:GridTableView Name="DetailTable1" . . >
</DetailTables>

C#:

protected void RadGrid2_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
 if (e.Item is GridDataItem && e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "DetailTable1")
 {
  GridTableView detailTable = (GridTableView)e.Item.OwnerTableView;
  detailTable.AlternatingItemStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
 }
}

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Erin]

Thank you so much for your help, Shinu. Even copying this code, I still only ever get the main rows to alternately color - never the detail tables. I can either get all detail tables colored or none of them, but never alternating. I have tried every code modification I can think of. Do you think this could be a bug?

I've attached two screenshots. (Please ignore the fact that red is NOT the ultimate color choice, but is just being used for demonstrative purposes! :) The first screenshot is what I get with the code provided above. The second screenshot shows the part that I need colored, but, as you can see, every detail table is colored instead of every other one. 

[Andrey]

Hi,

You could check this help topic for more information on how to change the Row appearance of RadGrid.

Additionally, if you are experiencing problems, please share your full page source code and along with the code-behind file. Thus all the people who want to help you will have better understanding of your project.

Kind regards,
Andrey
the Telerik team