GridView.AlternatingRowStyle Property
Definition
Gets a reference to the TableItemStyle object that enables you to set the appearance of alternating data rows in a GridView control.
public:
property System::Web::UI::WebControls::TableItemStyle ^ AlternatingRowStyle { System::Web::UI::WebControls::TableItemStyle ^ get(); };
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableItemStyle AlternatingRowStyle { get; }
[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)>]
member this.AlternatingRowStyle : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableItemStyle
Public ReadOnly Property AlternatingRowStyle As TableItemStyle
Property Value
A reference to the TableItemStyle that represents the style of alternating data rows in a GridView control.
- Attributes
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the AlternatingRowStyle property to declaratively define the style for alternating data rows in a GridView control.
<%@ 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>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!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 AlternatingRowStyle property to control the appearance of alternating data rows in a GridView control. When this property is 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
, whereSubproperty
is a property of the TableItemStyle object (for example,AlternatingRowStyle-ForeColor
).Nest an
<AlternatingRowStyle>
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, AlternatingRowStyle.ForeColor
). Common settings usually include a custom background color, foreground color, and font properties.