How to change the color of the selected range of cells in a WinForms GridControl?
Change selected range color
You can change the color of the selected range of cells in a WinForms Grid control by handling the PrepareViewStyleInfo event and by changing the text color and the backcolor of the selected ranges of cells.
C#
void gridControl1_PrepareViewStyleInfo(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridPrepareViewStyleInfoEventArgs e)
{
if (e.ColIndex > 0 && e.RowIndex > 0)
{
//get the range of the selected cells
GridRangeInfoList range;
if(this.gridControl1.Selections.GetSelectedRanges(out range,false) &&range.AnyRangeIntersects(GridRangeInfo.Cell(e.RowIndex,e.ColIndex)))
{
e.Style.BackColor=Color.Red;
e.Style.TextColor=Color.Yellow;
}
}
}
VB
Private Sub gridControl1_PrepareViewStyleInfo(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridPrepareViewStyleInfoEventArgs) If e.ColIndex > 0 AndAlso e.RowIndex > 0 Then 'get the range of the selected cells Dim range As GridRangeInfoList If Me.gridControl1.Selections.GetSelectedRanges(range,False) AndAlso range.AnyRangeIntersects(GridRangeInfo.Cell(e.RowIndex,e.ColIndex)) Then e.Style.BackColor=Color.Red e.Style.TextColor=Color.Yellow End If End If End Sub
After applying the properties, the Grid is displayed as follows.
Figure 1: Change the backcolor and text color of the selected ranges
Samples:
C#: Changing selected range color
VB: Changing selected range color
Conclusion
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