How to customize the color of caption summary row and group icon in .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid) ?

In this article, we will show you how to customize the color of caption summary row and group icon in .NET MAUI DataGrid.

Xaml

The code below defines a resource in a .NET MAUI ContentPage that sets the group icon color to orange. It also sets the caption summary row background to light blue and configures to group data by EmployeeID and Name columns in SfDataGrid.

<ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <local:EmployeeViewModel x:Name="viewModel" />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>

<ContentPage.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <Color x:Key="SfDataGridGroupIconColor">Orange</Color>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPage.Resources>

<syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid"
                    AllowGroupExpandCollapse="True"
                    GroupingMode="Multiple"
                    ColumnWidthMode="Auto"
                    GridLinesVisibility="Both"
                    HeaderGridLinesVisibility="Both"
                    AutoGenerateColumnsMode="None"
                    ItemsSource="{Binding Employees}">

    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.DefaultStyle>
        <syncfusion:DataGridStyle CaptionSummaryRowBackground="LightBlue" />
    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.DefaultStyle>

    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.GroupColumnDescriptions>
        <syncfusion:GroupColumnDescription ColumnName="EmployeeID" />
        <syncfusion:GroupColumnDescription ColumnName="Name" />
    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.GroupColumnDescriptions>

    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
        <syncfusion:DataGridNumericColumn MappingName="EmployeeID"
                                        Format="#"
                                        HeaderText="Employee ID" />
        <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Name"
                                    HeaderText="Employee Name" />
        <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Title"
                                    HeaderText="Designation" />
        <syncfusion:DataGridDateColumn MappingName="HireDate"
                                    HeaderText="Hire Date" />

    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
</syncfusion:SfDataGrid>

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to customize the color of caption summary row and group icon in SfDataGrid.

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