Change Text Color on Single Property

[Paul]

Is it possible to have the text of read-only properties display in a different color than the rest of the properties?

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Paul,

Thank you for contacting Telerik Support.

You can customize the appearance of RadPropertyGrid items using the ItemFormatting event:

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    this.radPropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = new MyObject("S726R45", "MyObjext Name");
    this.radPropertyGrid1.ToolbarVisible = true;
}

private void radPropertyGrid1_ItemFormatting(object sender, PropertyGridItemFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    PropertyGridItem item = e.Item as PropertyGridItem;
    if (item != null)
    {
        if (item.ReadOnly)
        {
            e.VisualElement.ForeColor = Color.Red;
        }
        else
        {
            e.VisualElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        }
    }
}

public class MyObject
{
    private string id;
    private string name;

    public MyObject(string id, string name)
    {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return this.name;
        }
        set
        {
            this.name = value;
        }
    }

    public string Id
    {
        get
        {
            return this.id;
        }
    }
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Desislava
Telerik

[Paul]

That's pretty much what I was looking for, but is there any way to just set the color of the value (not the label)?

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Paul,

Thank you for writing back.

If you want to change the fore color only on the cell of the value element, you should modify the previous sample code snippet as follows:

private void radPropertyGrid1_ItemFormatting(object sender, PropertyGridItemFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    PropertyGridItem item = e.Item as PropertyGridItem;
    if (item != null)
    {
        if (item.ReadOnly)
        {
            //e.VisualElement.ForeColor = Color.Red;
            ((e.VisualElement.Children[0] as StackLayoutElement).Children[4] as PropertyGridValueElement).ForeColor = Color.Red;
        }
        else
        {
            e.VisualElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        }
    }
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Desislava
Telerik