Hi there! I'm still experimenting with the VCL TAdvstringGrid to update my Delphi/Windows/VCL app to use high DPI and themes. Using latest Delphi 10.4.1 and latest TMS VCL UI Pack (as of 12/11/2020). Testing on Windows 10 Pro. I'm struggling to get the grid to redraw properly. After applying a D…

Normally borders on fixed cells are controlled by grid.Options.goFixedVertLine /grid.Options.goFixedHorzLine If you use VCL styles though, this border line is part of the style and thus it is the style (and not the grid) that draws this. Our control respects this VCL style drawing, i.e. its border…

Thanks Bruno - that is very helpful. I suppose I was hoping that one could override these things AFTER applying the style. It seems arbitrary to be able to override the internal grid lines and cell colors but not the fixed lines. Is that something you could consider implementing in future? Did y…

It is debatable what the desired behavior is. We thought that matching the standard VCL UI controls look & feel was the most important here and thus respect how the chosen VCL style itself draws its border.

Thanks - but this does not really answer my question about whether you would be open to enhancing the control in the future: to allow the user to have control over additional aspects of the look and feel. This level of control is important to me, Without it, I guess I will probably have to abandon…

Either way it is potentially confusing. Users choosing a VCL style and expect it to honor the VCL style Users choosing a VCL style but still expect some properties like border color to apply We have thought that 1) was the most logical choice which is most consistent when one chooses VCL styles f…

Agreed - I guess I will take this is as a "no" on potential future changes.

I suggest to add this as feature request [image] How to create feature requests TMS Feature Requests Use one of the following links to file a feature request for TMS products. …

TAdvStringGrid with Themes not honoring Fixed Row/Col options

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brunofierens (Bruno Fierens) December 19, 2020, 10:27am 8

I suggest to add this as feature request

when there is sufficient demand for this feature, we will consider extending the component to optionally enable this.

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TAdvStringGrid with Themes not honoring Fixed Row/Col options

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