Changing background color of column headers

[Alan]

How do I programmically change the background color of the column headers in a DetailsView ListView? I know there is a VisualItemFormatting event, but I am not sure if the headers pass through this event.

[Boryana]

Hi Alan,

Thank you for writing.

You can use the CellFormatting event to set the BackColor property.

void radListView1_CellFormatting(object sender, ListViewCellFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CellElement is DetailListViewHeaderCellElement)
    {
        e.CellElement.BackColor = Color.Red;
    }
    else
    {
        e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
    }
}

Do not forget to reset the BackColor property if the cell element is not a details column header.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have further questions.

Regards,
Boryana
the Telerik team