how to change color of a column in datagridview?

Question

I have a DataGridview, and I'm setting some of the columns to readonly for data entry purposes. When I do that, the column stays the normal white (although it does not allow entry). How can I color the column gray? I've seen lots of samples on how to color rows, but not columns.

How can I make the readonly columns look gray?

Answer 1

Try setting the DefaultCellStyle property for the selected columns.

Edit:

grid.Columns["NameOfColumn"].DefaultCellStyle.ForeColor = Color.Gray;

Answer 2

just change the style for the DataGridViewColumn object,

myGrid.Columns["myColumn"].DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Red;

Answer 3

You can specify the cell background colours for a column like so using the DefaultCellStyle property of a DataGridViewColumn.

DataGridView1.Columns[0].DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Gray;