How to set coloumn background color in DataGridView

Question

I would like to know which property should I use to set background color of column of DataGridView table at design time. I don't want to do it programatically.

Solution 1

You have to set the property EnableHeadersVisualStyles to false in order to get your custom settings work.

this.myDgv.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = false;
this.myDgv.Columns[ 0 ].HeaderCell.Style.BackColor = Color.Red;

This should work.

// EDIT: Ahh you don't want to do it via code, but the generel approach works also with the designer. The property EnableHeadersVisualStyles is a direct property of the DataGridView and the color of column you set in the property ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.

Solution 2

Right-click on DataGridView -> Edit Columns... then choose your column, click on DefaultCellStyle. This will give you ... button there, click it and set style as you want.