Controls You Can Use on Web Forms   ASP.NET Data Controls   GridView Control

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The GridView Web server control includes properties for customizing the format of items in the control. Formatting is applied in the order listed below:

• styles that apply to the GridView control as a whole
• styles that apply to each row type
• styles that apply to each field type

• Set the properties within the opening tag of the GridView control.

  <asp:GridView id="GridView" runat="server"
     width="90%" 
     cellpadding=5
     font-size="9pt"
     ... />

• Set the properties within the opening tag of the appropriate Style object in the GridView.

  <asp:GridView id="GridView" runat="server"
     cellpadding=5
     font-size="9pt">
  
     <headerstyle backcolor="maroon"
        forecolor="khaki" />
  
     <rowstyle backcolor="khaki"
        borderstyle="outset"
        borderwidth="1px"
        horizontalalign="center" />
  
     <alternatingrowstyle backcolor="lightgreen"
        borderstyle="inset"
        borderwidth="1px"
        horizontalalign="center" />
  
  </asp:GridView>

• Set the properties within the opening tag of the appropriate field type in the GridView.

  <fields>
  
     <asp:hyperlinkfield headertext="Title"
        ...
        itemstyle-backcolor="navy"
        itemstyle-forecolor="lime"
  
     <asp:boundfield headertext="Price"
        ...
        itemstyle-horizontalalign="right" />
  
     <asp:buttonfield text="Add"
        itemstyle-backcolor="maroon"
        itemstyle-forecolor="khaki"
        commandname="AddToCart"  />
  
  </fields>

Changing the row and field style settings override the settings made for the entire control.

Style properties can also be set programmatically. For more information, see GridView in the class library.

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