CSS and datagrid?

[CharlesA]

Hi folks,
I'm using VS 2003 with Framework 1.1
I'm writing an intranet application that makes use of Datagrids

I will be creating the columns declaratively (and not using autogenerate)

I wish to tie various CSS styles with various columns particularly for
the purposes of width/height/padding and borders

I know that CSS doesn't deal with the level of abstraction of a datagrid
bound column and works mainly with XHTML (or XML) elements, which is what the
bound column becomes when sent via HTTP to the browser.

so am I right in thinking that I set the CSS rule to be for the <TD> element
but with a different class and/or ID class for each differently formatted
column?
if so, how do I say that this column is this CSS class...do I just give each
column and ID or class and that's that?

or is all that wrong and you know of a better way of solving this problem
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards and Thanks in advance,
CharlesA

[Patrick.O.Ige]

Charles you could have
..DataGrid {
background-color: white;
border-color: #999999;
}
And then in your datagrid use CssClass="DataGrid"or see philips demo here
athttp://www.societopia.net/samples/DataGrid_cssClass.aspxHope that
helpsPatrick"CharlesA" <Ch******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi folks,
I'm using VS 2003 with Framework 1.1
I'm writing an intranet application that makes use of Datagrids

I will be creating the columns declaratively (and not using autogenerate)

I wish to tie various CSS styles with various columns particularly for
the purposes of width/height/padding and borders

I know that CSS doesn't deal with the level of abstraction of a datagrid
bound column and works mainly with XHTML (or XML) elements, which is what
the
bound column becomes when sent via HTTP to the browser.

so am I right in thinking that I set the CSS rule to be for the <TD>
element
but with a different class and/or ID class for each differently formatted
column?
if so, how do I say that this column is this CSS class...do I just give
each
column and ID or class and that's that?

or is all that wrong and you know of a better way of solving this problem
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards and Thanks in advance,
CharlesA

[CharlesA]

Thanks for that Patrick
I can't however access that link you showed ! something is broken there.
Regards,
CharlesA

[Phillip Williams]

Hi Charles,

The datagrid has a syntax for specifying the styles for each area, e.g.
header, footer, item, like this:
<HeaderStyle CssClass ="DataGrid1HeaderStyle"></HeaderStyle>
<EditItemStyle CssClass="DataGrid1EditItemStyle"></EditItemStyle>
<AlternatingItemStyle CssClass ="DataGrid1Alternate"></AlternatingItemStyle>

Then each column within the ItemTemplate allows you syntax to specifying a
cssClass for each column if you wish. The link that Patrick posted for the
demo is: http://www.societopia.net/samples/Da..._cssClass.aspx
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"CharlesA" wrote:

Thanks for that Patrick
I can't however access that link you showed ! something is broken there.
Regards,
CharlesA