title: In asp.net MVC Telerik grid, How to change background color of selected row
body: <p>In asp.net MVC Telerik grid, How to change background color of selected row, as Im using ActionLink inside the grid, my default color of selection is blue and the Link color is also blue, so when I select any row the links are not visible</p>
  
  <p>Below is my Code</p>
  
  <pre><code> @(Html.Kendo().Grid&lt;Aspectek.MBI.Entities.Products.Product&gt;()
              .Name("Grid")
          .Columns(columns =&gt;
          {            
              columns.Bound(e =&gt; e.SKU).Filterable(ftb =&gt; ftb.Cell(cell =&gt; cell.ShowOperators(false))).Width(120);
              columns.Bound(o =&gt; o.Barcode).Filterable(ftb =&gt; ftb.Cell(cell =&gt; cell.ShowOperators(false))).Width(120);
              columns.Bound(o =&gt; o.ProductName).Filterable(ftb =&gt; ftb.Cell(cell =&gt; cell.ShowOperators(false))).Width(120);
              columns.Bound(o =&gt; o.Category.CategoryName).Filterable(ftb =&gt; ftb.UI("CategoryFilter")).Width(120);
              columns.Bound(o =&gt; o.SubCategory.SubCategoryName).Filterable(ftb =&gt; ftb.UI("SubCategoryFilter")).Width(120);           
  
              columns.Bound(o =&gt; o.IsActive).Filterable(ftb =&gt; ftb.Cell(cell =&gt; cell.ShowOperators(false))).Width(120);
              columns.Template(@&lt;text&gt; @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Product", new { id = item.Id, @style = "text-transform:capitalize;" }) &lt;/text&gt;).ClientTemplate("&lt;a href='/Products/Product/Edit/#= Id#'&gt;View/Edit&lt;/a&gt;").Width(100); 
              columns.Template(@&lt;text&gt; @Html.ActionLink("Duplicate", "Product", new { id = item.Id }) &lt;/text&gt;).ClientTemplate("&lt;a href='/Products/Product/CopyProduct/#= Id#'&gt;CopyProduct&lt;/a&gt;").Width(100);
              columns.Template(@&lt;text&gt; @Html.ActionLink("ExportHTML", "Product", new { id = item.Id }) &lt;/text&gt;).ClientTemplate("&lt;a href='/Products/Product/ExportHTML/#= Id#'&gt;ExportHTML&lt;/a&gt;").Width(100);
              columns.Template(@&lt;text&gt; @Html.ActionLink("SendEmail", "Product", new { id = item.Id }) &lt;/text&gt;).ClientTemplate("&lt;a href='/Products/Product/SendEmail/#= Id#'&gt;SendEmail&lt;/a&gt;").Width(100);
                          columns.Command(c =&gt;
              {
                  c.Custom("DeleteRecord").Text("Delete").Click("onClick");
              });
          })
  .Events(ev =&gt; ev.DataBound("onDataBound"))
  .ToolBar(toolBar =&gt; toolbar
  .Custom()
  .Text("Export To CSV")
  .HtmlAttributes(new { id = "export" })
  .Url(Url.Action("ProductExportToCSVFile", "Product", new { page = 1, pageSize = "20" )))
  .ToolBar(tools =&gt; tools.Excel())
  .Excel(excel =&gt; excel
  .FileName("MBI Products Export.xlsx").Filterable(true)
  .ProxyURL(Url.Action("Excel_Export_Save", "Product"))).ToolBar(tools =&gt; tools.Pdf()).Pdf(pdf =&gt; pdf
  .FileName("MBI Products Export.pdf")
  .ProxyURL(Url.Action("Pdf_Export_Save", "Grid")))
  .Sortable()
  .Pageable()
  .Scrollable()
  .Editable(editable =&gt; editable.Mode(GridEditMode.PopUp))
  .Reorderable(reorderable =&gt; reorderable.Columns(true))
  .Resizable(resizable =&gt; resizable.Columns(true))
  .ClientDetailTemplateId("template")
  .Selectable(selectable =&gt; selectable
  .Mode(GridSelectionMode.Multiple))
  .Filterable(filterable =&gt; filterable
  .Extra(false)
  .Operators(operators =&gt;
  .ForString(str =&gt; str.Clear()
  .StartsWith("Starts with")
  .Contains("Contains")
  .IsEqualTo("Is equal to")
  .IsNotEqualTo("Is not equal to"))))
  .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "height:500px;" })
  .DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource.Ajax()
  .PageSize(10)
  .ServerOperation(false)
  .Read(read =&gt; read.Action("Products_Read", "Product"))
  .Model(model =&gt; model.Id(p =&gt; p.Id))
  .Destroy(update =&gt; update.Action("DeleteProduct", "Product"))
  ))
  </code></pre>