Question

I have a grid view displaying the messages a user has. Each message the user has is being marked whether it has been read or unread as a bit in my database table.

Is there a way how I can change the style of certain rows in my grid view according to whether the messages are read or unread? I wish to display the whole row with an unread message in bold.

Answer 1

You will need to use the RowDataBound event for such a task. Here is an example:

<asp:GridView ID='GridView1' runat='server' OnRowDataBound='GridView1_RowDataBound' > ... </asp:GridView> 

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protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) {     // searching through the rows     if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)     {         bool isnew = (bool)DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, 'IsNew');         if ( isnew ) e.Row.BackColor = Color.FromName('#FAF7DA'); // is a 'new' row     } } 

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Reference: http://blog.devexperience.net/en/5/Change_background_color_of_GridView's_Rows.aspx