How to: Dynamically Customize Cell Appearance

Nov 13, 2018

The following code demonstrates how to customize the appearance of individual grid cells using the GridView.RowCellStyle event handler. The grid cells in this example are colored in a staggered manner. The following image demonstrates the result:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;

private void gridView1_RowCellStyle(object sender, RowCellStyleEventArgs e) {
   GridView view = sender as GridView;
   if(view == null) return;
   if(e.RowHandle != view.FocusedRowHandle && 
      ((e.RowHandle % 2 == 0 && e.Column.VisibleIndex % 2 == 1) || 
      (e.Column.VisibleIndex % 2 == 0 && e.RowHandle % 2 == 1)))    
      e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.NavajoWhite;
}

Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Private Sub gridView1_RowCellStyle(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As RowCellStyleEventArgs) Handles gridView1.RowCellStyle
    Dim view As GridView = sender
    If view Is Nothing Then
        Return
    End If
    If e.RowHandle <> view.FocusedRowHandle And _
        ((e.RowHandle Mod 2 = 0 And e.Column.VisibleIndex Mod 2 = 1) Or _
        (e.Column.VisibleIndex Mod 2 = 0 And e.RowHandle Mod 2 = 1)) Then _
            e.Appearance.BackColor = Color.NavajoWhite
End Sub