I am trying to make the column headers of my DataGridView bold, in Visual Studio 2008.
Every time I change my ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle to Calibri 9.75pt bold, using the properties box, the next time I reopen the saved form, the ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle has reverted to Calibri 9.75 without bold.
My form's font is Calibri 9.75 without bold, as is my default cell style, but I should be able to override the default cell style with my ColumnHeader style right?
I can solve this problem programmatically by setting the style when the form is shown, but we would like to have the Visual Studio designer show the bolded headers, so we can layout the columns appropriately for the space taken up by bold header text.
In addition, the actual designer file specifies that the ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle is bold, even though the designer interface says it is not bold.
dataGridViewCellStyle1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Calibri", 9.75F,
System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
dataGridViewCellStyle1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.SelectionBackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Highlight;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.SelectionForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.HighlightText;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.WrapMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTriState.True;
this.receiptDetailView.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle = dataGridViewCellStyle1;
Have you tried check EnableHeadersVisualStyles value?
According to MSDN:
If visual styles are enabled and EnableHeadersVisualStyles is set to
true, all header cells except the TopLeftHeaderCell are painted using
the current theme and the ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle values are
ignored.
It is a bug, although Microsoft would probably try to call it a feature. The DataGridView header cells are supposed to inherit the current theme only if EnableHeadersVisualStyles is set to TRUE, and use the settings in ColumnHeaderDefaultCellStyles if it is false. But the DGV ignores EnableHeadersVisualStyles and always inherits the font of the parent container it resides in.
Both rutlean's and Nico Engler suggestions will work. Here is what I always do as a standard practice: Put your DGV in a panel (depending on your application, you might want to set the Dock property to fill. Then set the Panel's font to your desired settings. Your DGV will now always inherit that setting.
I found a workaround where just editing the XXXX.Designer.cs with following code does the trick.
this.receiptDetailView.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle = dataGridViewCellStyle1;
this.receiptDetailView.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Calibri", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
It seems that this is a bug, though I am not sure why it happens. I have tested it in every possible way and the value is overriden by the parent control value regardless of whether it is set or not. This is the opposite of how every other WinForms (or any other UI framework) control works, and doesn't make any sense. I have also tested various other controls and have not found another case where this happens.
The ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle Font only matters if the Font property is not set on the parent control (form in this case).
I am giving the bounty to the most upvoted answer but that is not what's going on here.
The "solution" to this that I've been using is to set the font again in the form load event, however this is not a perfect solution since such code doesn't belong there.
I ran into this same issue. However, my dataGridView is located in a groupbox. On a restart of VS 2010, the dataGridView fonts will always be whatever the groupBox is set to. Definitely a bug I would like.
I resolved this problem by adding a frame. For me, the datagridview was inside a groupbox (although a few other container types did the same).
Resolved by putting a panel inside the groupbox, set the appropriate font to that panel, put the datagridview inside that panel and by default it inherits the fonts.
I am using VS2010
The answer is actually pretty simple.
You set a Font Style to Form1 [Arial; 8,25pt].
Lets see the designer :
private void InitializeComponent()
{
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellStyle();
this.dataGridView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView();
this.Column1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
this.Column2 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
this.Column3 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).BeginInit();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// dataGridView1
//
dataGridViewCellStyle1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Calibri", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(238)));
dataGridViewCellStyle1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.SelectionBackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Highlight;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.SelectionForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.HighlightText;
dataGridViewCellStyle1.WrapMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTriState.True;
this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle = dataGridViewCellStyle1;
this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize;
this.dataGridView1.Columns.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn[] {
this.Column1,
this.Column2,
this.Column3});
this.dataGridView1.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = false;
this.dataGridView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(49, 62);
this.dataGridView1.Name = "dataGridView1";
this.dataGridView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(443, 309);
this.dataGridView1.TabIndex = 0;
//
// Column1
//
this.Column1.HeaderText = "Column1";
this.Column1.Name = "Column1";
//
// Column2
//
this.Column2.HeaderText = "Column2";
this.Column2.Name = "Column2";
//
// Column3
//
this.Column3.HeaderText = "Column3";
this.Column3.Name = "Column3";
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 14F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(546, 457);
this.Controls.Add(this.dataGridView1);
this.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(238)));
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).EndInit();
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
Now as you can see, your font setting for Datagridview header did saved.
But still, font setting for your form appeared after that, which eventually overrides Datagridview font setting.
My advice is return the Form font setting to default.
Use this code
dataGridView1.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = false;
dataGridView1.SelectionBackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Highlight;
Try this:
DataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font = new Font("Calibri", 9.75F, FontStyle.Bold);
This is a bug and still there even in .net 4.6, the problem is that the ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle font always overwritten by its Parent font so I figured out a fix for this:
First you need to add your DataGridView to an own Panel, the Panel will work here as a shield and I believe you need to set the Dock property of the DataGridView to Fill.
Second you need to add the following code into ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyleChanged event.
If Parent IsNot Nothing Then
Parent.Font = ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font
End If
I had the same issue today and it seemed that the ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle of the DataGridView is overwritten by the font style of the form it belongs to.
As a solution I set the GdiCharSet parameter of the form's font to 0. After that beeing done, the font of the ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle won't be overwritten.
I'm on VS 2010 and Window 8.
I know this topic is old, however I was having the same issue in VS 2015 with the ColumnDefaultHeadersCellStyle font size always reverting to 10pt (I needed it to be 14pt). I was able to fix this by first changing the font itself, which then allowed me to change the font size.
The font I was originally using was SEGOE UI SEMIBOLD, which I changed to just SEGOE UI and was able to change the size. I haven't looked into why using the semibold version prevented me from changing the size. Further, this method has worked for me with VisualStyles enabled, and EnableHeadersVisualStyles set to true.
If anyone is still having this problem, my suggestion would be try changing to another font.
You can try that;
Private Sub DgvListeFt_CellPainting(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs) Handles DgvListeFt.CellPainting
Call KolonBaslikDGV(sender, e)
End Sub
Sub KolonBaslikDGV(ByVal S As Object, ByVal E As DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs)
E.PaintBackground(E.CellBounds, True)
If E.RowIndex = -1 Then
If E.Value Is Nothing Then
E.Handled = True
Return
End If
E.Handled = True
Dim headerFont = New Font("Ariel", 9, FontStyle.Regular)
Dim myBounds As Rectangle = E.CellBounds
myBounds.X = E.CellBounds.X + 4
Dim sf = New StringFormat With {.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near,
.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center}
E.Graphics.DrawString(E.Value.ToString, headerFont, Brushes.MediumVioletRed, myBounds, sf)
headerFont.Dispose()
sf.Dispose()
End If
End Sub
This is a bit of a wierd problem. (.NET 3.5sp1)
I have a UserControl containing three ToggleButtons, each with IsChecked bound to different dependency properties on the UserControl itself. Two of these default to true, one defaults to false.
On startup of the application, the UserControl itself (and thus its contents) is disabled. When it gets enabled later on, all three buttons appear un-pressed; however the code properties are still in the correct state.
If the buttons are clicked then the properties will toggle properly and the UI (for that button only) will update to reflect the correct state (ie. clicking on a button which appears un-pressed but has a true bound value will show no visible change the first time, but updates the bound value to false). Pressing a "glitched" button for the second time will behave normally (if it toggles on, the button will press in as expected).
If the UserControl is not disabled on startup, then the buttons will appear correctly (according to the state of the properties).
Unfortunately the UserControl is supposed to be disabled on startup, so I can't really start up with it enabled; I'm hoping for an alternate solution. Any ideas?
(I've tried making the properties default to false and then setting them to true in the user control's Load event. Doesn't make any difference.)
The same weird problem happens in .NET 4.0 as well. I noticed that the problem only occurs if you set IsEnabled through code and not if you bind it, so if you can change your code to that instead I believe your problem will be solved.
Otherwise, I believe a workaround is necessary and here is one way to do it. Reset the DataContext for the UserControl the first time IsEnabled is set to True.
public UserControl1()
{
InitializeComponent();
DependencyPropertyDescriptor descriptor =
DependencyPropertyDescriptor.FromProperty(UserControl1.IsEnabledProperty,
typeof(UserControl1));
EventHandler isEnabledChanged = null;
isEnabledChanged = new EventHandler(delegate
{
if (IsEnabled == true)
{
descriptor.RemoveValueChanged(this, isEnabledChanged);
var dataContext = this.DataContext;
this.DataContext = null;
this.DataContext = dataContext;
}
});
descriptor.AddValueChanged(this, isEnabledChanged);
}
I came across a 'somewhat' similar situation and the following SO reply proved to be more appropriate in my case. It save me a lot of troubles and so, just in case anyone looking at this solution hasn't noticed it, I think a reference to it should be useful here.
WPF ToggleButton incorrect render behavior
Cheers
Mansoor
I would like to programmatically change content of button via style change. I created a style, added setter for Button.ContentProperty, set new style to button, but content was not changed.
I know that I can set button content directly, but now I would like to know why this does not work:
Style aStyle = new Style();
Setter bSetter = new Setter();
bSetter.Property = Button.ContentProperty;
bSetter.Value = "Some Text";
aStyle.Setters.Add(bSetter);
aButton.Style = aStyle;
XAML:
<Button x:Name="aButton" Style="{x:Null}" Click="Button_Click" />
I could change appearance of a button this way, but I couldn't change content. Btw, I found example in MCTS book on WPF.
Any idea?
This code works for me as is. Are you sure you're not changing Content from other place? you can try
var source = DependencyPropertyHelper.GetValueSource(aButton, ContentControl.ContentProperty);
... to figure it out. I prefer to use WPF snoop for this.
Well, today I found out that there is order of precedence when setting property values in WPF. There is number of mechanisms for setting property value and property value depends on how it was set, not when it was set.
Setting property value in XAML or through code will always precede values set by Style (and templates and triggers). That is, when property value is set in XAML or through code, it cannot be overridden by setting style.
To be able to change property value with mechanism of lower precedence, value must be cleared with DependencyObject.ClearValue method.
In my code example above there was one other method that set Button.Content property in code, so style could not change it any more. Solution for this is to add ClearValue method:
Style aStyle = new Style();
Setter bSetter = new Setter();
bSetter.Property = Button.ContentProperty;
bSetter.Value = "Some Text";
aStyle.Setters.Add(bSetter);
aButton.ClearValue(ContentProperty); // <<-- Added this line to clear button content
aButton.Style = aStyle;
I have a combobox that I have Enabled = false. When that is the case it causes it to shade to a grey. I was wondering if there was a way I could keep the checkbox background color as cornsilk while it is not Enabled?
The situation is that I have a form that I will refresh with data when an item is selected. If the user selects to edit the record I enable the form to accept changes and since it is mainly textboxes I just change the readonly property of those. But the combobox looks different so I want to see what I can do to make it stay the same like the rest of the form...
Any ideas?
I would simply hide it with a TextBox over it and setting its Visible property to false. Then, you your user click the Edit button, you hide your TextBox and show your ComboBox with its Visible property set to true.
Perhaps you wish to update your TextBox.Text property by setting its value to the ComboBox.SelectedItem property value on the SelectedItemChanged() event handler.
Let's suppose the following:
ComboBox cb = new ComboBox();
// Position, size and other properties are set through design.
cb.SelectedIndex = 0; // Forces selection of first item for demo purposes.
TextBox tb = new TextBox();
tb.Size = cb.Size;
tb.Position = cb.Position;
tb.Text = cb.SelectedItem.ToString();
tb.Visible = true;
tb.Readonly = true;
cb.Visible = false;
Then, clicking the Edit button:
private void EditButton_Click(...) {
tb.Visible = false;
cb.Visible = true;
}
And make your TextBox.Text property value follow your SelectedItem:
private void ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(...) {
tb.Text = cb.SelectedItem.ToString;
}
And you would only do the reverse of your EditButton_Click() event handler to bring back your form in read-only mode.
You may consider using Jquery UI or other plugins if aesthetics of form are important. You can control entire look and feel with the CSS.
Hiding combobox with textbox is a possibility as suggested by Will but then you will have to use absolute width for the dropdown.
Good afternoon all,
I have to work with a legacy Winforms application but I'd like to start migrating it to WPF. It doesn't have a tooltip control now so I'd like to use a WPF tooltip object.
I create a single global instance of a tooltip object. I've bound the controls within it and my application sets the datacontext of the tooltip. I can manually show and hide the tooltip just fine. The first time I hover over an object it picks up the bound data perfectly and works great. When I move over another control the tooltip datacontext is changed but the displayed data is never reloaded.
I tried implementing a property changed event and use the INotifyPropertyChanged interface in the object I bind to. It appears the wpf tooltip is not listening to the event.
I tried setting the binding mode to Oneway (it's a display only tooltip).
The tooltip is created programmatically:
// build the tooltip window.
System.Windows.Controls.Image img = new System.Windows.Controls.Image();
img.Width = 50;
img.Height = 60;
// bind the image
System.Windows.Data.Binding imageBinding = new System.Windows.Data.Binding("PatientImage.Data");
imageBinding.Mode = System.Windows.Data.BindingMode.OneWay;
imageBinding.Source = bed;
img.SetBinding(System.Windows.Controls.Image.SourceProperty, imageBinding);
// wrap image in a border
System.Windows.Controls.Border brdr = new System.Windows.Controls.Border();
brdr.BorderBrush = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.Blue;
brdr.Margin = new System.Windows.Thickness(6);
brdr.Child = img;
System.Windows.Controls.WrapPanel wp = new System.Windows.Controls.WrapPanel();
System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock tb = new System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock();
tb.Background = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.LightBlue;
tb.Foreground = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.Blue;
// bind the text block
System.Windows.Data.Binding textBlockBinding = new System.Windows.Data.Binding("TooltipText");
textBlockBinding.Mode = System.Windows.Data.BindingMode.OneWay;
textBlockBinding.Source = bed;
tb.SetBinding(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock.TextProperty, textBlockBinding);
wp.Children.Add(brdr);
wp.Children.Add(tb);
bedTooltip = new System.Windows.Controls.ToolTip();
bedTooltip.Content = wp;
Any idea why this doesn't work? Maybe I need to use a tooltip object for each control instead of a single global one as a workaround?
The bindings specify a Source, because of that they no longer "care" about the DataContext and hence the bindings do not update if anything other than the property itself on the source-object changes.