How to customize current cell background and border color in WPF GridControl?
WPF GridControl allows to customize the current cell appearance. You can show the border for current cell by using GridControl.Model.Options.ShowCurrentCell property.
Below is the screen shot when ShowCurrentCell is true.
Below is the screen shot when ShowCurrentCell is false.
Excel-like Border for CurrentCell
You can change the appearance of current cell similar to Excel by setting GridControl.Model.Options.ShowCurrentCell and GridControl.Model.Options.ExcelLikeCurrentCell properties to true.
C#
//Using ShowCurrentCell property. grid.Model.Options.ShowCurrentCell = true; //Using ExcelLikeCurrentCell property. grid.Model.Options.ExcelLikeCurrentCell = true;
Change current cell background and border color
You can change the current cell background color from white to the selection color to look uniform with selected cells by setting the GridControl.Model.Options.ShowCurrentCell property to false. Current cell can be shown with border outline using QueryCellInfo and SelectionChanged events when ShowCurrentCell is false.
C#
grid.Model.Options.ActivateCurrentCellBehavior = Syncfusion.Windows.Controls.Grid.GridCellActivateAction.DblClickOnCell;
gridControl.Model.Options.ShowCurrentCell = false;
grid.Model.SelectionChanged += Model_SelectionChanged;
grid.Model.QueryCellInfo += Model_QueryCellInfo;
private void Model_SelectionChanged(object sender, GridSelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Reason == GridSelectionReason.MouseDown || e.Reason == GridSelectionReason.MouseUp)
{
grid.InvalidateCells();
}
}
private void Model_QueryCellInfo(object sender, GridQueryCellInfoEventArgs e)
{
//show border for current cell while selecting the set of cells
if (grid.Model.SelectedRanges.ActiveRange.Contains(GridRangeInfo.Cell(e.Cell.RowIndex, e.Cell.ColumnIndex)))
{
if(e.Cell.RowIndex == grid.CurrentCell.RowIndex && e.Cell.ColumnIndex == grid.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex)
{
e.Style.Borders.All = new Pen(Brushes.Black, 2);
}
}
//show border for select the single cell or current cell
if (e.Cell.RowIndex == grid.CurrentCell.RowIndex && e.Cell.ColumnIndex == grid.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex)
e.Style.Borders.All = new Pen(Brushes.Black, 2);
}
Sample: View sample in GitHub
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to customize current cell background and border color in WPF GridControl.
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