GridView.AlternatingRowStyle Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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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

TableItemStyle

A reference to the TableItemStyle that represents the style of alternating data rows in a GridView control.

Attributes: PersistenceModeAttribute

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, where Subproperty 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.

Applies to

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