Customizing Appearance

Updated on May 7, 2026

You can access and modify the style for different elements in RadDataEntry by using the Element Hierarchy Editor.

Figure 1: Element Hierarchy Editor

Changing the styles of the underlying items and controls

The following snippet shows how you access the underlying controls and change their style:

C#

foreach (DataLayoutControlItem item in radDataLayout1.LayoutControl.Items)
{
    item.ForeColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#51ab2e");
    if (item.AssociatedControl is RadTextBox)
    {
        item.AssociatedControl.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#91c930");
    }
}

VB.NET

For Each item As DataLayoutControlItem In RadDataLayout1.LayoutControl.Items
    item.ForeColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#51ab2e")
    If TypeOf item.AssociatedControl Is RadTextBox Then
        item.AssociatedControl.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#91c930")
    End If
Next item

Figure 2: Change the items styles

See Also

• Structure
• Getting Started
• Properties, events and attributes
• Validation
• Change the editor to RadDropDownList