Set datagrid view background to transparent

Question

I tried to set the background color of a data grid view to be \"transparent\" from properties but it it said \"not a valid property\".

How can I do it?

Answer 1

Having a transparent color in the DataGridView BackGroundColor property is not possible.

So I decided to sync this property with the parent's BackColor. The good old databinding feature of WinForms is very good at this :

myDataGridView.DataBindings.Add(nameof(DataGrid.BackgroundColor), 
                                this, 
                                nameof(Control.BackColor));

Just after InitializeComponents();

I know this is pretty old, but this works very well.