DataGridView.BackgroundColor Property
Gets or sets the background color of the DataGridView.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Drawing.ColorA Color that represents the background color of the DataGridView. The default is SystemColors.AppWorkspace.
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The BackgroundColor property determines the color of the area of the DataGridView that is not filled with cells.
The following code example demonstrates how to set the BackgroundColor property. In addition, the code example demonstrates how to set the DataGridViewColumn.Name and DataGridViewColumn.DefaultCellStyle properties. To run this example, paste the code into a form that contains a DataGridView named dataGridView1, and then call the SetUpDataGridView method from the form's constructor or Load event handler. Ensure all events are associated with their event handlers.
Private Sub SetUpDataGridView() Me.Controls.Add(dataGridView1) dataGridView1.ColumnCount = 5 With dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle .BackColor = Color.Navy .ForeColor = Color.White .Font = New Font(dataGridView1.Font, FontStyle.Bold) End With With dataGridView1 .EditMode = DataGridViewEditMode.EditOnEnter .Name = "dataGridView1" .Location = New Point(8, 8) .Size = New Size(500, 300) .AutoSizeRowsMode = _ DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.DisplayedCellsExceptHeaders .ColumnHeadersBorderStyle = _ DataGridViewHeaderBorderStyle.Raised .CellBorderStyle = _ DataGridViewCellBorderStyle.Single .GridColor = SystemColors.ActiveBorder .RowHeadersVisible = False .Columns(0).Name = "Release Date" .Columns(1).Name = "Track" .Columns(1).DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter .Columns(2).Name = "Title" .Columns(3).Name = "Artist" .Columns(4).Name = "Album" ' Make the font italic for row four. .Columns(4).DefaultCellStyle.Font = _ New Font(Control.DefaultFont, _ FontStyle.Italic) .SelectionMode = _ DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect .MultiSelect = False .BackgroundColor = Color.Honeydew .Dock = DockStyle.Fill End With End Sub
Available since 2.0