How to change the header text in a WinForms GridListControl?

Change the header text

The column header text of the WinForms GridListControl can be changed by setting the text property of header cell in PrepareViewStyleInfo event of GridListControl.

C#

//Triggering the event.
this.gridListControl1.Grid.PrepareViewStyleInfo += Grid_PrepareViewStyleInfo;
 
//Event customization.
void Grid_PrepareViewStyleInfo(object sender, GridPrepareViewStyleInfoEventArgs e)
{
    //Check whether cell is header cell or not.
    if(e.ColIndex == 1 && e.RowIndex == 0)
    {
       e.Style.Text = "Header";
    }
} 

VB

'Triggering the event.
AddHandler Me.gridListControl1.Grid.PrepareViewStyleInfo, AddressOf Grid_PrepareViewStyleInfo
 
'Event customization.
Private Sub Grid_PrepareViewStyleInfo(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridPrepareViewStyleInfoEventArgs)
   'Check whether cell is header cell or not.
   If e.ColIndex = 1 AndAlso e.RowIndex = 0 Then
      e.Style.Text = "Header"
   End If
End Sub

Samples:

C#: GridListControl CS

VB: GridListControl VB

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to change the header text in GridListControl.

You can refer to our WinForms GridListControl feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our WinForms GridListControl documentation to understand how to present and manipulate data.

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