PropertyGrid -- controlling the Category Text Color

[Rob Gurrieri]

Is there a way to control the color of the text that appears in the Category
headings area of the property grid. I assume that it is tied to a system
color -- the text is hard to read with the "dark-gray" color that ends up
being the default under standard XP settings.

The "LineColor" property provides control of the background color of the
category heading -- but I don't see an obvious way to control the text
color.

Thanks,

Rob.

 

[Ying-Shen Yu[MSFT]]

Hi Rob,

To my understanding, you would like to change the Text Color of the
PropertyGrid in your app, right?

The property "ViewForeColor" controls the Text in the PropertyGrid View,
however there seems no property to control the color of the category text
seperatly. You may also take a look at the "LineColor" and "ViewBackColor"
to make out your customized color schema.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Ying-Shen Yu [MSFT]
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[Rob Gurrieri]

Thanks Ying-Shen Yu,

Seems that there is some "smart" logic internal to ViewForeColor that
ultimately determines the color of the "category" text (based on both
LineColor and ViewForeColor). With some further research, I discovered that
setting ViewForeColor "very close to black" works a little better than
"black".

if (propertyGrid1.ViewForeColor.ToArgb() == Color.Black.ToArgb())
propertyGrid1.ViewForeColor = Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 1);

Rob.