Controlling the background color or sizing for dead space

[Dave]

I would like the ability to either shrink the to fit the number of rows it has (thereby showing the background color below it) or to control the color of the dead space separately from the background color or alternating row color.

Could I change the background color of the  itself and then set each row's  individually perhaps to achieve this?

 

[Dimitar]

Hi Dave,

You need to change the BackColor of the TableElement and then of each cell:

public RadForm1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    radGridView1.TableElement.BackColor = Color.Red;
    radGridView1.ViewCellFormatting += RadGridView1_ViewCellFormatting1;
}

private void RadGridView1_ViewCellFormatting1(object sender, CellFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    if (!e.Row.IsCurrent && e.CellElement.GetType() != typeof(GridHeaderCellElement) && e.CellElement.GetType() != typeof(GridTableHeaderCellElement))
    {
        e.CellElement.DrawFill = true;
        e.CellElement.BackColor = Color.White;
        e.CellElement.GradientStyle = Telerik.WinControls.GradientStyles.Solid;

    }
    else
    {
        e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
    }
}

 
I hope this will be useful. Let me know if you have additional questions.

Regards,
Dimitar
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