Customize Appearance in Windows Forms GridControl

15 Jun 20212 minutes to read

Essential Grid provides support to display horizontal and vertical lines and customize the grid line color.

Displaying horizontal lines

You can display horizontal lined using DisplayHorizontalLines property.

The following code illustrates how to display horizontal lines in GridControl:

//The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridControl.
gridControl1.DisplayHorizontalLines = true;

//The following code illustrates how to display horizontal lines in GridDataBoundGrid.
gridDataBoundGrid.DisplayHorizontalLines = true;

//The following code illustrates how to display horizontal lines in GridGrouping control.
gridGroupingControl1.DisplayHorizontalLines = true;
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gridControl1.DisplayHorizontalLines = True

'The following code illustrates how to display horizontal lines in GridDataBoundGrid. 
gridDataBoundGrid.DisplayHorizontalLines = True

'The following code illustrates how to display horizontal lines in GridGrouping control. 
gridGroupingControl1.DisplayHorizontalLines = True

Displaying vertical lines

You can display vertical lined using the DisplayVerticalLines__property.

The following code illustrates how to display vertical lines in GridControl:

//The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridControl:
gridControl1.DisplayVerticalLines = true;

//The following code illustrates how to display vertical lines in GridDataBoundGrid: 
gridDataBoundGrid.DisplayVerticalLines = true;

//The following code illustrates how to display vertical lines in GridGrouping control: 
gridGroupingControl1.DisplayVerticalLines = true;
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gridControl1.DisplayVerticalLines = True

'The following code illustrates how to display vertical lines in GridDataBoundGrid.
gridDataBoundGrid.DisplayVerticalLines = True

'The following code illustrates how to display vertical lines in GridGrouping control:.
gridGroupingControl1.DisplayVerticalLines = True

Customizing Grid line color

You can customize grid line color using GridLineColor property.

The following code demonstrates how to customize the color of grid lines in the GridControl.

//The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridControl:
gridControl1.GridLineColor = Color.Red;

//The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridDataBoundGrid: 
gridDataBoundGrid.GridLineColor = Color.Red;

//The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridGrouping control: 
gridGroupingControl1.GridLineColor = Color.Red;
'The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridControl.
gridControl1.GridLineColor = Color.Red

'The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridDataBoundGrid.
gridDataBoundGrid.GridLineColor = Color.Red

'The following code illustrates how to customize grid line color in GridGrouping control.
gridGroupingControl1.GridLineColor = Color.Red