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Styling Indent Cells

Updated on Jul 17, 2026

RadGridView exposes different indent cells and indicator presenters depending on its current state - being grouped, in a hierarchy, or displaying the corresponding footers. Figure 1 outlines the visual structure of those elements for a grouped RadGridView with the ShowColumnFooters and ShowGroupFooters properties set to True.

Figure 1: RadGridView Indent Cells and Indicator Presenters

Telerik UI for WPF RadGridView showing indent cells and indicator presenters in a grouped grid

Indent Cells

RadGridView exposes four different indent cell types:

GridViewIndentCell: It is part of the GridViewRow.
GridViewHeaderIndentCell: It is part of the GridViewHeaderRow.
GridViewFooterIndentCell: It is part of the GridViewFooterRow.
GridViewGroupFooterIndentCell: It is part of the GridViewGroupFooterRow.

Similarly to other RadGridView elements, you may alter their appearance by modifying their default styles or by directly editing their control templates. Example 1 demonstrates how to create styles that target those elements.

Example 1: Styling Indent Cells

XAML


	<Application.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewIndentCell">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Red" />
        </Style>

        <Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewHeaderIndentCell">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Blue" />
        </Style>
        
        <Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewFooterIndentCell">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Green" />
        </Style>

        <Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewGroupFooterIndentCell">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Yellow" />
        </Style>
    </Application.Resources>

Figure 2: A grouped RadGridView with styled indent cells

Telerik UI for WPF RadGridView with custom styles applied to grouped indent cells

Indicator Presenters

RadGridView exposes five indicator presenters, each of them belonging to the corresponding row:

GridViewRow
GridViewHeaderRow
GridViewGroupRow
GridViewGroupFooterRow
GridViewFooterRow

You may customize each of them by editing the control template of the respective row and modifying the Border element named PART_IndicatorPresenter.

Figure 3 shows a RadGridView with styled indent cells and indicator presenters.

Figure 3: RadGridView with styled indent cells and indicator presenters

Telerik UI for WPF RadGridView with styled indent cells and indicator presenters in grouped rows