How set ForeColor in PropertyGrid?

Question

How can I set color for text in cells of PropertyGrid for diverses properties, which have only get-method and any which have both (get and set) methods?????

 Now use I ViewForeColor. But set one color for both types of properties.

 

Thanks

Kasavchenko Yuriy

Answer 1

Hi geokas,

As far as I know, the forecolor for a specified cell in the PropertyGrid cannot be set respectively, at least not easy to do so, by using a tool like Reflector, you can see how the PropertyGrid paints the values for each property item:
(The following code is in System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGridInternal.GridEntry class)  

[code snappet from Reflector]

public virtual void PaintValue(object val, Graphics g, Rectangle rect,
      Rectangle clipRect, PaintValueFlags paintFlags)
{
    .......

    string lastValueString;
    PropertyGridView gridEntryHost = this.GridEntryHost;
    int valuePaintIndent = 0;
    Color textColor = gridEntryHost.GetTextColor();
    if (this.ShouldRenderReadOnly)
    {
        textColor = this.GridEntryHost.GrayTextColor;
    }

     ........

     if ((paintFlags & PaintValueFlags.DrawSelected) != PaintValueFlags.None)
    {
        backgroundBrush = SystemBrushes.Highlight;
        textColor = SystemColors.HighlightText;
    }

    .....
}

public Color GetTextColor()
{
    return this.ForeColor;
}

[/code snappet from Reflector]

As you can see, the GridEntry class use the PropertyGrid.ForeColor to paint normal entries, gray color for the read-only entries, and highlight color for the current selected entry. It's by design and no easy to change.

Best Regards,
Zhi-xin Ye.