Details View: Column Header Appearance

[Doug]

I put a ListView with ViewMode.DetailsView next to a GridView.  I made one of the two columns not visible.  I'd like the visible column's column header to have the same appearance (color) as the column headers in that GridView.  How do I do that?

Thank you,
Gary

[Dimitar]

Hello Gary,

Thank you for writing.

You can create RadGridView like columns style using the Visual Style Builder tool. You can find how to use this tool in the following topics:

• http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/tools-visual-style-builder-overview.html
• http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/themes-visualstylebuilder.html

The easiest way to use Visual Style Builder is to make a copy of ControlDefault theme to work with. Also I am using the following code to open the new theme in the project:

ThemeResolutionService.LoadPackageFile(@"C:\Themes\MyTheme.tssp");
ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "MyTheme";

Once we have a theme in Visual Style Builder to work with, there are a few easy steps to make the columns:

• Right click the RadListView and select DetailsView mode
• Expand RadList, RadListViewElement, and DetailListViewElement
• Select DetailListViewHeaderCellElement
• Choose appropriate values to BackColor properties 
• Save the theme and observe the result.

Also I have attached some pictures to illustrate the steps.

I hope this helps. Should you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Mitko
Telerik