How can I modify the foreground and background color of an OpenXML TableCell?
This is a two part question:
1) How can I modify the foreground of an OpenXML TableCell
The foreground of an OpenXML TableCell
is defined by the properties of a Run
, called the RunProperties
. To add a color to a run, you have to add the Color
object using the Val
property.
// Create the RunProperties object for your run
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.RunProperties rp =
new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.RunProperties();
// Add the Color object for your run into the RunProperties
rp.Append(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Color() { Val = "ABCDEF" });
// Create the Run object
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.WordProcessing.Run run =
new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.WordProcessing.Run();
// Assign your RunProperties to your Run
run.RunProperties = rp;
// Add your text to your Run
run.Append(new Text("My Text"));
See reference question.
2) How can I modify the background of an OpenXML TableCell
The TableCell
background can be modified using the TableCellProperties
, similar to the above Run
, which uses RunProperties
. However, you apply a Shading
object to your TableCellProperties
.
// Create the TableCell object
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.TableCell tc =
new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.TableCell();
// Create the TableCellProperties object
TableCellProperties tcp = new TableCellProperties(
new TableCellWidth { Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Auto, }
);
// Create the Shading object
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Shading shading =
new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Shading() {
Color = "auto",
Fill = "ABCDEF",
Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear
};
// Add the Shading object to the TableCellProperties object
tcp.Append(shading);
// Add the TableCellProperties object to the TableCell object
tc.Append(tcp);
// also need to ensure you include the text, otherwise it causes an error (it did for me!)
tc.Append(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text(cellText))));
See reference question.