[Solved] Format 1st row of radGrid

[Kurt Kluth]

Is it possible to set the backcolor of the very 1st item in my RadGrid?  I would like to format it green while alternating the colors white and gray on the remaining fields.

Also I would like to add a number count in the 1st column.  What would be the best way going about this?

[Princy]

Hi Kurt Kluth,

Please try the following code snippet to format first row and add row number to a column.

ASPX:

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="RowNumber">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblRowNumber" runat="server" />
    </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

C#:

void rgrdSample_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  if (rgrdSample.Items.Count > 0)
 {
  //Format first row of grid
  rgrdSample.Items[0].BackColor = Color.Green;
 }
}
protected void rgrdSample_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
 //Set row count
 if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
 {
  int rowCounter = 0;
  Label lblRowNumber = e.Item.FindControl("lblRowNumber") as Label;
  rowCounter = rgrdSample.MasterTableView.PageSize * rgrdSample.MasterTableView.CurrentPageIndex;
  lblRowNumber.Text = (e.Item.ItemIndex + 1 + rowCounter).ToString();
 }
}

Thanks,
Princy

[Kurt Kluth]

That worked beautifully thank you for that response.  Is there anyway to tweak it so the green background is only for record #1.  I realized that after I did it that while paging the 1st row on each page was green.

[Princy]

Hi Kurt Kluth,

You can check if its the first page using CurrentPageIndex property and set the color to the row.

C#:

if (rgrdSample.Items.Count > 0 && rgrdSample.CurrentPageIndex==0)
{
  rgrdSample.Items[0].BackColor = Color.Green;
}

Thanks,
Princy

[Kurt Kluth]

Princy,

Thank you for all your help it is greatly appreciated.