How to change the color of all headers in WinForms Grid control

11 Jun 20211 minute to read

The styles of the Header cells are controlled by base styles. The “Header” base style will affect all column headers including cell 0,0. The “Column Header” base style will affect the column headers excluding cell 0,0. The “RowHeader” base style will affect all row headers excluding cell 0,0.

C#

//Column headers including cell 0,0.
this.grid.BaseStylesMap["Header"].StyleInfo.BackColor = Color.Blue;

//Column headers excluding cell 0,0.
this.grid.BaseStylesMap["Column Header"].StyleInfo.BackColor = Color.Red;

//Row headers excluding cell 0,0.
this.grid.BaseStylesMap["Row Header"].StyleInfo.BackColor = Color.Green;

VB.NET

'Column headers including cell 0,0.
Me.grid.BaseStylesMap("Header").StyleInfo.BackColor = Color.Blue

'Column headers excluding cell 0,0.
Me.grid.BaseStylesMap("Column Header").StyleInfo.BackColor = Color.Red

'Row headers excluding cell 0,0.
Me.grid.BaseStylesMap("Row Header").StyleInfo.BackColor = Color.Green