Devexpress FindPanel background color

Question

I want to notify the user that there is some text typed in the FindPanel of a devexpress GridControl. Say he changes a filter and sees no results (due to his previous search via the FindPanel).

One solution would be to clear the text in the FindPanel if the ColumnFilterChanged event of the considered view is raised. But what I want to do is change the BackColor of the FindPanel which I couldn't find (there is no appearance customization in the OptionsFind property of the view).

I'm wondering if anyone has encountered this type of issue and if there is a way to do it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance !

Answer 1

It seems to be impossible to set the BackColor of the FindPanel. I had the same issue with the FilterPanel, the BackColor is retrieved by the currently applied Style. Here are some threads on the topic from the DevExpress Forum:

Find Panel Appearance

How to customize the Find Panel layout

BackColor of the FindPanel when we use LookAndFeel

Go for the first approach and use

gridView.ApplyFindFilter(string.Empty);

when needed.