# HTML-like Text Formatting

Html-like formatting is a feature of Telerik Presentation Framework and therefore it can be also used in RadGridView. The screenshot below demonstrates the color tag applied to RadGridView cells:

![WinForms RadGridView HTML-like Text Formatting](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/70b92809df5a191b5a4da4af2e8c1179/gridview-styling-and-appearance-html-like-text-formatting001.png)

Tags are only parsed if **DisableHTMLRendering** is set to *false*. If you skip that, all tags will be shown as text. In the code snippet, HTML rendering is only enabled for the first column:

#### HTML-like text formatting

```C#
DataTable t = new DataTable();
t.Columns.Add("A");
t.Rows.Add("<html> ID: <color= 0, 0, 255> 1");
t.Rows.Add("<html> ID: <color= 0, 255, 0> 2");
t.Rows.Add("<html> ID: <color= 255, 0, 0> 3");
this.radGridView1.DataSource = t;
this.radGridView1.Columns[0].DisableHTMLRendering = false;
```

```VB.NET
Dim t As New DataTable()
t.Columns.Add("A")
t.Rows.Add("<html> ID: <color= 0, 0, 255> 1")
t.Rows.Add("<html> ID: <color= 0, 255, 0> 2")
t.Rows.Add("<html> ID: <color= 255, 0, 0> 3")
Me.RadGridView1.DataSource = t
Me.RadGridView1.Columns(0).DisableHTMLRendering = False
```

> note Please refer to *HTML-like Text formatting* topic in *Telerik Presentation Framework* section for the list of support tags.

## See Also

* [Alternating Row Color](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/gridview/styling-and-appearance/alternating-row-color)

* [Four ways to customize RadGridView appearance](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/gridview/styling-and-appearance/four-ways-to-customize-radgridview-appearance)

* [Row Header Images](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/gridview/styling-and-appearance/images)

* [Themes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/gridview/styling-and-appearance/themes)