Styling a Telerik RadGrid column sounds simple—until the framework’s skins, visual states, and server-side rendering all decide to “help.” If you’ve ever set a background color only to watch it appear only on hover, you’re not alone. In this article, we’ll walk through the clean, reliable way to color an entire RadGrid column, using server-side events that play nicely with Telerik’s theming engine. The goal is straightforward: predictable, consistent formatting that behaves exactly the way you intended.
