Control Appearance

ReoGrid supports that change component style such as colors and the width of selection range border.

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Set Control Appearance

All appearance styles are stored in ControlAppearanceStyle object that can be get or set from component instance.

// create control style instance with theme colors
ControlAppearanceStyle rgcs = new ControlAppearanceStyle(Color.Gray, Color.DarkOrange, false);

// set text color to 'white'
rgcs[ControlAppearanceColors.GridText] = Color.Gray;

// apply appearance style
reoGridControl.ControlStyle = rgcs;

Result:

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Edit Tool

There is a tool can be used to edit the appearance of control. Start the ReoGrid Editor, then choose ‘Tools’ -> ‘Control Appearance…’.

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Edit your style, then press ‘Export’ can export the style as C# code:

ControlAppearanceStyle rgcs = new ControlAppearanceStyle();
rgcs[ControlAppearanceColors.LeadHeadNormal] = Color.FromArgb(255,230,230,250);
rgcs[ControlAppearanceColors.LeadHeadHover] = Color.FromArgb(0,0,0,0);
rgcs[ControlAppearanceColors.LeadHeadSelected] = Color.FromArgb(255,230,230,250);
rgcs[ControlAppearanceColors.LeadHeadIndicatorStart] = Color.FromArgb(255,220,220,220);
...

Language Localization

ReoGrid can switch the UI language automatically according to client run-time environment.

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Text used in ReoGrid are defined in the class called LanguageResource, a static class that is used only as collection of text. Modify the properties of this class to translate the default text into international language of target application. For example:

LanguageResource.Menu_InsertSheet = "Insert Worksheet";
LanguageResource.Menu_DeleteSheet = "Delete Worksheet";
LanguageResource.Menu_RenameSheet = "Rename Worksheet";

If properties have prefix Menu or Button, it is also possible to give a shortcut key for menus and buttons, for example:

LanguageResource.Menu_InsertSheet = "Insert Worksheet (&i)";

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Demo File

Demo file is located at \Demo\Features\ControlAppearanceDemo.cs in demo project.

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