CellStyle Builder Dialog Box (Windows Forms DataGridView Control)

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Enables you to set DataGridViewCellStyle properties in the designer. This dialog box appears when you click any property that has a name ending with "CellStyle" in the Properties window. For most of the properties in this dialog box, the display in the Preview pane will update when you modify the property value.

Note

You can also set cell styles for multiple selected DataGridView controls by using the designer, but only if they have identical values for the cell style property you want to modify. If any cell styles differ for that property, the Properties windows of the CellStyle Builder dialog box will be blank.

  • Tag
    Associates an arbitrary string with the DataGridViewCellStyle. To associate an arbitrary object with the DataGridViewCellStyle, set this property programmatically.

  • Alignment
    Sets the position of the cell content within the affected cells.

  • BackColor
    Indicates the background color of the affected cells.

  • Font
    Sets the font used to display textual content in the affected cells.

  • ForeColor
    Sets the foreground color of the affected cells.

  • Format
    Sets a format string or accesses the Format String dialog box to set the format applied to textual content in the affected cells.

  • NullValue
    Indicates a string to display in affected cells that have cell values of null (Nothing in Visual Basic) or DBNull.Value. To specify a nonstring value, set this property programmatically.

  • Padding
    Sets the space between the edges of the affected cells and their content.

  • SelectionBackColor
    Sets the background color used by the affected cells when they are selected.

  • SelectionForeColor
    Sets the foreground color used by the affected cells when they are selected.

  • WrapMode
    Indicates whether textual content in the affected cells is wrapped to subsequent lines or is truncated when it is too long to fit on a single line. Set this value to NotSet to force the DataGridViewCellStyle to inherit this value from another DataGridViewCellStyle. For more information about style inheritance, see Cell Styles in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Set Default Cell Styles and Data Formats for the Windows Forms DataGridView Control Using the Designer

Concepts

Cell Styles in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control

Other Resources

Windows Forms Designer User Interface Elements