DataGrid.SelectionBackColor Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the background color of selected rows.

public:
 property System::Drawing::Color SelectionBackColor { System::Drawing::Color get(); void set(System::Drawing::Color value); };

public System.Drawing.Color SelectionBackColor { get; set; }

member this.SelectionBackColor : System.Drawing.Color with get, set

Public Property SelectionBackColor As Color

Property Value

Color

A Color that represents the background color of selected rows. The default is the ActiveCaption color.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the use of this member.

// String variable used to show message.
String^ myString = "Selection backgound color changed from: ";

// Store current foreground color of selected cells.
Color myCurrentColor = myDataGrid->SelectionBackColor;
myString = String::Concat( myString, myCurrentColor.ToString() );

// Reset selection background color to default.
myDataGrid->ResetSelectionBackColor();
myString = String::Concat( myString, " to " );
myString = String::Concat( myString, myDataGrid->SelectionBackColor.ToString() );

// Show information about changes in color setting.  
MessageBox::Show( myString, "Selection background color information" );

// String variable used to show message.
string myString = "Selection backgound color changed from: ";
// Store current foreground color of selected cells.
Color myCurrentColor = myDataGrid.SelectionBackColor;
myString += myCurrentColor.ToString();
// Reset selection background color to default.
myDataGrid.ResetSelectionBackColor();
myString += "  to ";
myString += myDataGrid.SelectionBackColor.ToString();
// Show information about changes in color setting.  
MessageBox.Show(myString, "Selection background color information");

' String variable used to show message.
Dim myString As String = "Selection backgound color changed from: "
' Store current foreground color of selected cells.
Dim myCurrentColor As Color = myDataGrid.SelectionBackColor
myString += myCurrentColor.ToString()
' Reset selection background color to default.
myDataGrid.ResetSelectionBackColor()
myString += "  to "
myString += myDataGrid.SelectionBackColor.ToString()
' Show information about changes in color setting.  
MessageBox.Show(myString, "Selection background color information")

Remarks

You typically use this method if you are either creating a designer for the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid or creating your own control incorporating the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.