Formatting Items

Updated on Aug 17, 2026

Items appearance in RadCardView can be customized by making use of the CardViewItemFormatting event. The following example, demonstrates how you can change the color of an item which is being selected.

By using this event to customize the items appearance, you should always provide an else clause, where you reset the appearance settings which you have introduced. This is necessary since RadCardView uses data virtualization, which might lead to unpredicted appearance results when items are being reused.

Formatting the Visual Item

The appearance of the visual items can be fully customized by handling the CardViewItemFormatting event.

Figure 1: Formatting the Visual Item

Formatting the Visual Item

C#

Font font = new Font("Consolas", 14, FontStyle.Bold);
private void radCardView1_CardViewItemFormatting(object sender, CardViewItemFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.VisualItem.Selected)
    {
        e.VisualItem.NumberOfColors = 1;
        e.VisualItem.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;
        e.VisualItem.ForeColor = Color.Coral;
        e.VisualItem.BorderColor = Color.LightBlue;
        e.VisualItem.Font = font;
    }
    else
    {
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.NumberOfColorsProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.FontProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
    }
}

VB.NET

Private font As New Font("Consolas", 14, FontStyle.Bold)
Private Sub RadCardView1_CardViewItemFormatting(sender As Object, e As CardViewItemFormattingEventArgs)
    If e.VisualItem.Selected Then
        e.VisualItem.NumberOfColors = 1
        e.VisualItem.BackColor = Color.LightGreen
        e.VisualItem.ForeColor = Color.Coral
        e.VisualItem.BorderColor = Color.LightBlue
        e.VisualItem.Font = font
    Else
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.NumberOfColorsProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.VisualItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.FontProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
    End If
End Sub

Formatting CardViewItem

By handling the CardViewItemFormatting event each of the individual card view items can be customized as well.

Figure 2: Formatting CardViewItem

Formatting CardViewItem

C#

private void radCardView1_CardViewItemFormatting1(object sender, CardViewItemFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    CardViewItem item = e.Item as CardViewItem;
    if (item != null && item.FieldName == "CustomerID")
    {
        e.Item.NumberOfColors = 1;
        e.Item.ForeColor = Color.Coral;
        e.Item.BorderColor = Color.LightBlue;
        e.Item.Font = font;
    }
    else
    {
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.NumberOfColorsProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.FontProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local);
    }
}

VB.NET

Private Sub RadCardView1_CardViewItemFormatting1(sender As Object, e As CardViewItemFormattingEventArgs)
    Dim item As CardViewItem = TryCast(e.Item, CardViewItem)
    If item IsNot Nothing AndAlso item.FieldName = "CustomerID" Then
        e.Item.NumberOfColors = 1
        e.Item.ForeColor = Color.Coral
        e.Item.BorderColor = Color.LightBlue
        e.Item.Font = font
    Else
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.NumberOfColorsProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BorderColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
        e.Item.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.FontProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
    End If
End Sub

See Also

Getting Started Structure Visual Data Representation Custom Items