GridView.RowStyle Property

Definition

Gets a reference to the TableItemStyle object that enables you to set the appearance of the data rows in a GridView control.

C#
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableItemStyle RowStyle { get; }

Property Value

A reference to the TableItemStyle that represents the style of the data rows in a GridView control.

Attributes

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the RowStyle property to declaratively define the style for the item rows in a GridView control.

ASP.NET (C#)

<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>GridView RowStyle and AlternatingRowStyle Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>GridView RowStyle and AlternatingRowStyle Example</h3>

      <asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView" 
        datasourceid="CustomersSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="true"
        emptydatatext="No data available." 
        runat="server">
                
        <rowstyle backcolor="LightCyan"  
           forecolor="DarkBlue"
           font-italic="true"/>
                    
        <alternatingrowstyle backcolor="PaleTurquoise"  
          forecolor="DarkBlue"
          font-italic="true"/>
                            
      </asp:gridview>
            
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
      <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                            -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
        selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>
        
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the RowStyle property to control the appearance of the data rows in a GridView control. When the AlternatingRowStyle property is also set, the data rows are displayed alternating between the RowStyle settings and the AlternatingRowStyle settings. This property is read-only; however, you can set the properties of the TableItemStyle object it returns. The properties can be set declaratively using one of the following methods:

  • Place an attribute in the opening tag of the GridView control in the form Property-Subproperty, where Subproperty is a property of the TableItemStyle object (for example, RowStyle-ForeColor).

  • Nest a <RowStyle> element between the opening and closing tags of the GridView control.

The properties can also be set programmatically in the form Property.Subproperty (for example, RowStyle.ForeColor). Common settings usually include a custom background color, foreground color, and font properties.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also