Theming in Windows Forms Pivot Grid

28 Apr 20212 minutes to read

Pivot grid provides support for various built-in themes, using which the default look of visual elements in the pivot grid control can be customized. This support can be achieved by using the GridVisualStyles property of pivot grid control.

Metro theme

Pivot grid provides support for applying metro theme to its visual elements. Refer to the below code sample to apply metro theme to the pivot grid control.

this.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Metro;
Me.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Metro

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Office 2016 themes

Pivot grid provides support for applying Office 2016 themes to its visual elements. Following are the Office 2016 themes that are supported in the pivot grid.

  • Office 2016 Colorful
  • Office 2016 White
  • Office 2016 Dark Gray
  • Office 2016 Black

Refer to the below code sample to apply Office 2016 black theme to the pivot grid control.

this.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Office2016Black;
Me.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Office2016Black

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Office 2010 themes

Pivot grid provides support for applying Office 2010 themes to its visual elements. Following are the Office 2010 themes that are supported in the pivot grid.

  • Office 2010 Black
  • Office 2010 Blue
  • Office 2010 Silver

Refer to the below code sample to apply Office 2010 blue theme to the pivot grid control.

this.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Office2010Blue;
Me.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Office2010Blue

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Office 2007 themes

Pivot grid provides support for applying Office 2007 themes to its visual elements. Following are the Office 2007 themes that are supported in the pivot grid.

  • Office 2007 Black
  • Office 2007 Blue
  • Office 2007 Silver

Refer to the below code sample to apply Office 2007 silver theme to the pivot grid control.

this.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Office2007Silver;
Me.pivotGridControl1.GridVisualStyles = GridVisualStyles.Office2007Silver

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Events

The ThemeChanged event occurs when the default theme of pivot grid control gets changed.

A demo sample is available in the following location.

<Installed Drive>\Users\Public\Documents\Syncfusion\Windows\<Version Number>\PivotGrid.Windows\Samples\Appearance\Visual Styles Demo