When a list is first created, it has a collection of built-in named styles that control various aspects of its display. For example, the Heading style determines the attributes used to display column headers. In the designer, you can change the appearance of the list as a whole by modifying the built-in named styles in the Style Collection Editor. In code, the GridStyleCollection object provides access to the same set of named styles. Initially, all lists contain ten built-in styles, which control the display of the following list elements:
| Style | Description |
|---|---|
| Normal | Data cells in unselected, unhighlighted rows |
| Heading | Column headers |
| Footer | Column footers |
| Caption | List and split caption bars |
| Selected | Data cells in selected rows |
| HighlightRow | Data cells in highlighted rows |
| EvenRow | Data cells in even numbered rows |
| OddRow | Data cells in odd numbered rows |
| RecordSelector | Data in the record selector column |
| Group | Group columns in list grouping area |
A selected row is one whose bookmark has been added to the SelectedRowCollection, either in code or through user interaction. The term highlighted row refers to the current row when the ForeColor property is set to HighlightText.
The EvenRow and OddRow styles are used only when the AlternatingRows property is set to True.