RadGridView - Change Header Column color WITHOUT event

[João]

Hi there!

I'm programming in an old language so most of these events are a little buggy. Any formatting event throws by far the most bugs so I managed to go around them and make the programs work. However right now i need to change a column header color without using those events. I found in this site a way to change the cell color by using

THIS-OBJECT:gridCabecalhos:Rows[currentRowIndex]:Cells[currentColumnIndex]:Style:BackColor     = THIS-OBJECT:currentColor

Is there a way to do the same to the column headers?

 

JP

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hi, João,

Since RadGridView uses UI virtualization, its cell elements are created for the currently visible cells and they are being reused during operations like scrolling. That is why the ViewCellFormatting and ViewRowFormatting events are appropriate for customizing the header cells' style. The following forum post is quite useful on this topic:

https://www.telerik.com/forums/custom-style-in-some-columns#2410238 

Please have in mind that the Style property will have effect only for the data cells, not the header cells: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/gridview/cells/formating-examples/style-property 

I hope this information helps. If you need any further assistance please don't hesitate to contact me. 

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal
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[João]

Hi Dess! Thank your for the reply!

I understand those events are exacly for this situation but I'm in a special situation where i won't be able to use them. Are you sure there isn't any way to workaround this?

JP

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

João, Currently, the possible solution to style the header cells is to use the ViewCellFormatting event:

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/gridview/cells/formatting-cells#formatting-non-data-cells

However, I have logged it in our feedback portal by creating a public thread on your behalf. You can track its progress, subscribe for status changes and add your comments on the following link - feedback item.

I have also updated your Telerik points.

  

[João]

Hey Dess!

Thank you for that and for the attention.  Have a nice one!

JP