How to display rich text in WinForms DataGrid (SfDataGrid)?
WinForms DataGrid doesn't have direct support to display RichText’s in the GridTextColumn. However, it is possible to achieve this by overriding the OnRender method in GridTextBoxCellRenderer.
C#
//customize the TextBoxCellRenderer this.sfDataGrid1.CellRenderers.Add("TextBox", new GridRichTextCellRenderer()); { protected override void OnRender(Graphics paint, Rectangle cellRect, string cellValue, CellStyleInfo style, DataColumnBase column, RowColumnIndex rowColumnIndex) { //here customize based on your scenario if (column.GridColumn.MappingName == "CustomerID") { //here draw the richtex in SfDataGrid TextPainter.DrawRichText(paint, cellValue, cellRect); } else base.OnRender(paint, cellRect, cellValue, style, column, rowColumnIndex); } } |
VB
'customize the TextBoxCellRenderer Me.sfDataGrid1.CellRenderers.Remove("TextBox") Me.sfDataGrid1.CellRenderers.Add("TextBox", New GridRichTextCellRenderer())
Public Class GridRichTextCellRenderer Inherits GridTextBoxCellRenderer
Protected Overrides Sub OnRender(ByVal paint As Graphics, ByVal cellRect As Rectangle, ByVal cellValue As String, ByVal style As CellStyleInfo, ByVal column As DataColumnBase, ByVal rowColumnIndex As RowColumnIndex) 'here customize based on your scenario If column.GridColumn.MappingName = "CustomerID" Then 'here draw the richtex in SfDataGrid TextPainter.DrawRichText(paint, cellValue, cellRect) Else MyBase.OnRender(paint, cellRect, cellValue, style, column, rowColumnIndex) End If End Sub End Class
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You can download the example from GitHub.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to display rich text in WinForms DataGrid (SfDataGrid).
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