DashboardViewExtensions.CustomizeViewItemControl(DashboardView, Controller, Action<ViewItem>) Method

Allows you to access and customize controls of the Dashboard View Item.

Assembly : DevExpress.ExpressApp.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public static void CustomizeViewItemControl(
    this DashboardView view,
    Controller controller,
    Action<ViewItem> customizeAction
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Sub CustomizeViewItemControl(
    view As DashboardView,
    controller As Controller,
    customizeAction As Action(Of ViewItem)
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
view	DashboardView

The Dashboard View.

| | controller | Controller |

A Controller to customize controls of the Dashboard View Item.

| | customizeAction | Action<ViewItem> |

A method to customize controls of the specified View Item.

Remarks

ASP.NET Core Blazor

The following code snippet enables HTML markup in a Static Text component:

csharp

using DevExpress.ExpressApp;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Blazor.Editors;

namespace MySolution.Blazor.Server.Controllers;

public class CustomizeDashboardViewController : ViewController<DashboardView> {
        protected override void OnActivated() {
            base.OnActivated();
            View.CustomizeViewItemControl(this, item => {
                if(item is StaticTextViewItem staticTextViewItem) {
                    staticTextViewItem.ComponentModel.UseMarkupString = true;
                }
            });
        }
    }

Windows Forms

The following code snippet specifies the background color in a Static Text component:

csharp

using DevExpress.ExpressApp;

namespace MySolution.Win.Controllers;

public class CustomizeDashboardViewController : ViewController<DashboardView> {
        protected override void OnActivated() {
            base.OnActivated();
            View.CustomizeViewItemControl(this, item => {
                if(item is StaticTextViewItem staticTextViewItem) {
                    staticTextViewItem.Label.BackColor = Color.Red;
                }
            });
        }
    }