Custom formatting after LoadLayout

[Tomáš]

Hello,

I have a hard time trying to customize a group header. I use something like this:

this.layoutControlGroupItem1.HeaderElement.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#008de7");

this.layoutControlGroupItem1.HeaderElement.GradientStyle = Telerik.WinControls.GradientStyles.Solid;

this.layoutControlGroupItem1.HeaderElement.HeaderButtonElement.DrawFill = false;

It works fine. But if I want to load a custom layout using RadLayoutCountrol's LoadLayout first, then this code does nothing...

I must be missing something elementary...

Thanks in advance for help

 

[Nadya | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello, Tomáš,

If I understand you correctly, you would like to change the HeaderElement.BackColor property after you load the layout. Note, that when loading the layout the LayoutControlGroupItem is recreated and you should access it as follows:

this.radLayoutControl1.LoadLayout(s);

LayoutControlGroupItem gi = this.radLayoutControl1.Items[0] as LayoutControlGroupItem;
gi.HeaderElement.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#008de7");
gi.HeaderElement.DrawFill = true;
gi.HeaderElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;

I hope this helps. Should you have other questions please let me know.

Regards,
Nadya
Progress Telerik

[Tomáš]

Hello, Nadya,

yes, that's exactly what I needed.

Thanks a lot!

Have a nice weekend

Tomáš