Styling ASP.NET DataGrid with CSS: Tips and tricks

I've never encountered any problems with including

th
{
    background-color: #900;
}

as a CSS style in a file and having it affect the header row of an ASP datagrid. However, today I'm facing an issue where everything in my grid is being output within TBODY tags, even the headers are in TD tags. Any thoughts on this?

One thing to note is that this grid is bound to a List instead of a DataTable. Is this standard behavior? Is there a simple solution?

UPDATE

<asp:DataGrid ID="dgEmployees" runat="server">   
</asp:DataGrid>

THE VALUE OF AN IDE It turns out that my DataGrid should have been a GridView. Lesson learned not to manually type in HTML tags again. I couldn't figure out what I had done wrong until I compared it with another project of mine.

asp.net.netcssdatagrid

Answer №1

When working with CSS and datagrids, it doesn't matter where your data comes from - whether it's a datatable, a reader, or a custom object like an employee or product. The important thing is that you are using CSS with a list instead of a datatable.

To get help with styling your datagrid, make sure to include your CSS along with your datagrid code.

If you're looking for tips on how to style a datagrid or gridview using CSS, check out these resources:

For specific guidance on styling datagrids, take a look at this link:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webforms/cssgrid.aspx

Personally, I prefer using grid view or a repeater over datagrids.

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