How to format the entire grid to look like Microsoft's flat style in WinForms GridControl?
Format the entire grid
In an XP system, you can get a flat XP look by setting grid.ThemesEnabled as true. You can get Microsoft’s flat style by setting certain properties to flatten the different parts of the WinForms GridControl.
Refer to the following code examples.
C#
//set grid borderstyle this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle; //make headers be static cells to avoid raised drawing this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Header"].StyleInfo.CellType = "Static"; this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Column Header"].StyleInfo.CellType = "Static"; this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Row Header"].StyleInfo.CellType = "Static"; //set the header borders to draw GridStyleInfo style = new GridStyleInfo(); GridBorder gb = new GridBorder(GridBorderStyle.Solid, SystemColors.ControlDark); style.Borders.Bottom = gb; style.Borders.Right = gb; this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Header"].StyleInfo.ModifyStyle(style, Syncfusion.Styles.StyleModifyType.Override); this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Column Header"].StyleInfo.ModifyStyle(style, Syncfusion.Styles.StyleModifyType.Override); this.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap["Row Header"].StyleInfo.ModifyStyle(style, Syncfusion.Styles.StyleModifyType.Override); //set the borders for all non header cells...this.gridDataBoundGrid1.Model.Options.DefaultGridBorderStyle = GridBorderStyle.Solid;
VB
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'set grid borderstyle
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle
'make headers be static cells to avoid raised drawing
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap("Header").StyleInfo.CellType = "Static"
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap("Column Header").StyleInfo.CellType = "Static"
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap("Row Header").StyleInfo.CellType = "Static"
'set the header borders to draw
Dim style As New GridStyleInfo()
Dim gb As New GridBorder(GridBorderStyle.Solid, SystemColors.ControlDark)
style.Borders.Bottom = gb
style.Borders.Right = gb
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap("Header").StyleInfo.ModifyStyle(style, Syncfusion.Styles.StyleModifyType.Override)
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap("Column Header").StyleInfo.ModifyStyle(style, Syncfusion.Styles.StyleModifyType.Override)
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.BaseStylesMap("Row Header").StyleInfo.ModifyStyle(style, Syncfusion.Styles.StyleModifyType.Override)
'set the borders for all non header cells...
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.Model.Options.DefaultGridBorderStyle = GridBorderStyle.Solid
End Sub
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Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to format the entire grid to look like Microsoft's flat style in WinForms GridControl.
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