How to change current cell background in .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid) ?

In this article, we will demonstrate how to change the background of the cell currently being edited in .NET MAUI DataGrid.

C#
The following code shows how to change the background of the cell being edited in the DataGrid:

public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        dataGrid.CellRenderers.Remove("Text");
        dataGrid.CellRenderers.Add("Text", new CustomTextRenderer());
    }
}

public class CustomTextRenderer : DataGridTextBoxCellRenderer
{
    public override void OnInitializeEditView(DataColumnBase dataColumn, SfDataGridEntry view)
    {
        base.OnInitializeEditView(dataColumn, view);

        if (view != null && view is Entry entry)
        {
            entry.Background = Colors.SkyBlue;
        }
    }
}

Please note that we have achieved this only for the DataGridTextColumn. If you need to achieve it for other columns, you will need to write the respective custom renderers.

Output

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to change the current cell background in .NET MAUI DataGrid.

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