Image Background for Grid Header

[justin coon]

Hello all-

I would like to use a background image for the header of the datagridview....seems this is very difficult to do

Any help?

Thanks
Justin

[Jack]

Hi justin coon,

Thank you for writing.

You can set an image as the background of the RadGridView by using the following code:

this.radGridView1.BackgroundImage = Resources.background;
this.radGridView1.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Tile;

To set a background image only for the RadGridView header, you should modify a theme or do it programmatically. You must set the DrawFill property to a value of false for all columns in RadGridView header and set the Image property of GridHeaderRowElement.

Refer to the code snippet below:

GridHeaderRowElement headerRow = (GridHeaderRowElement)this.radGridView1.MasterGridViewInfo.TableHeaderRow.VisualElement;
headerRow.Image = Resources.background;
headerRow.ImagePosition = Telerik.WinControls.ImagePositions.Tile;

foreach (GridCellElement cell in headerRow.Children)
      cell.DrawFill = false;

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

All the best,
Jack
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[justin coon]

Is this possible in the windows forms version of the control?

[Jack]

Actually, justin, our answer relates directly to the Windows Forms RadGridView (the namespace of the ASP.NET counterpart is just RadGrid). If you need information related to the web version of the control, please post in the "Grid for ASP.NET" forum.

 
All the best,
Jack
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