Changing the color of the row selector

[Fred]

Is there a way to change the color the grid row selector? not the entire row or a column just the row selector. I would also like to know if a tooltip can be include on the row selector as well. 

Thanks,,

 

 

 

 

[Attila Antal]

Hello Fred,

If you are using a GridRowIndicatorColumn, you can assign a CssClass to it

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server">
    <MasterTableView>
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridRowIndicatorColumn>
                <ItemStyle CssClass="rowindicator" />
            </telerik:GridRowIndicatorColumn>
        </Columns>
    </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>

 

Then write a CSS style to target that cell

.RadGrid .rgMasterTable td.rowindicator {
    background-color: chocolate;
}

 

Result

 

In case you want to style the GridGroupColumn, you can simply target its rendered CSS class and write your CSS override to overrule the built-in style

/*Purple background*/
.RadGrid .rgMasterTable td.rgGroupCol {
    background-color: blueviolet !important;
}
/*White font-icons*/
.RadGrid .rgMasterTable td.rgGroupCol .rgActionButton span.rgIcon {
    color: white;
}

 

Result

 

For more details on styling and overrides, I would suggest inspecting the HTML elements and the styles applied to them. You can follow the suggestions in the first two points of the Improve Your Debugging Skills with Chrome DevTools blog post explaining how to inspect the generated HTML and check the applied styles for various elements. 

• Inspect the Generated HTML of a Control
• See the Applied Styles

Once you know the styles you need to override, you can use the same style selector and add "html body " in front of it to make it more specific, "stronger". More on CSS specificity you can find here: 

• Specifics on CSS Specificity;
• CSS Specificity: Things You Should Know;
• Specificity - CSS | MSDN;
• CSS !important: Don’t Use It. Do This Instead

To learn more about CSS styling and using the Browser's developer tools, you may find the following videos useful: 

• How to Use the Chrome Inspector to Edit Your Website CSS - contains a Video
• Get Started With Viewing And Changing CSS
• Chrome Developer Tools Tutorial - Inspect and Test CSS 2019 - video
• Chrome DevTools for CSS - Better CSS Coding & CSS Debugging with Developer Tools - video
• Testing CSS Styles with Chrome Inspector Tool - video

 

Regards,
Attila Antal
Progress Telerik

[Fred]

Thank you Atilla, 

This was very helpful. It works great for what I wanted to accomplish.