How to change row hover and selection color?

[Markus]

I implemented a GridView user control (actually a TreeListView control) where I use a custom RowStyleSelector to color specific rows differently based on some GridView cell value. This works just fine.
The problem is that if I hover over a row or select an entire row, the custom color of my RowStyleSelector will be covered. My idea now is to have just a thin border around the entire row as hover or selected row indication instead of a full gradient fill color. That way my specific row color will still be visible.

I found this thread:
http://www.telerik.com/forums/changing-the-highlight-selection-color-for-an-entire-row

Wow, this is quite involved. Isn't there an easier way to achieve what I intend to do?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Markus

[Yoan]

Hi Markus,

Actually the mentioned forum thread is quite old. However, if you want to change these colors, you need to predefine the template of GridViewRow element. Then you can modify the Selected/MouseOver visual states.

I would suggest to work with our Implicit Styles as demonstrated in this help article. For your convenience, I have prepared a sample project showing you the approach. Please check the changes I made in the Themes/ Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.xaml file.

I hope it helps.

Regards,
Yoan
Telerik