Example to use HTML Tags in Asp.Net GridView or SharePoint GridView

Ascx

<%@ Assembly Name="$SharePoint.Project.AssemblyFullName$" %> <%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.Web.CommandUI, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="Utilities" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="asp" Namespace="System.Web.UI" Assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" %> <%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="WebPartPages" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="VisualWebPart1UserControl.ascx.cs" Inherits="dgvHTMLBinding.VisualWebPart1.VisualWebPart1UserControl" %> <style type="text/css"> .HeaderStyle { background-color:Navy; color:white; } .ItemTemplateStyle { background-color:Orange; color:white; padding-left:5px; /*text-align:Center;*/ } .AlternativeTemplateStyle { background-color:green; color:white; padding-left:5px; /*text-align:Center;*/ } .BlankTr {     background-color:Red; } </style> <asp:GridView ID="dgvBreakingNews" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" Width="100%" CellPadding="0" CellSpacing="0"> <Columns> <asp:TemplateField> <HeaderTemplate> <div class="BlankTr" style="width:100%;height:2px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="width:100%;text-align:center;" class="HeaderStyle"> Breaking News </div> <div class="BlankTr" style="width:100%;height:2px;">&nbsp;</div> </HeaderTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <div style="width:100%;" class="ItemTemplateStyle"> <span> <%# Eval("ID") %>. </span> <span> <strong><%# Eval("Title") %></strong> </span> </div> <div class="BlankTr" style="width:100%;height:2px;">&nbsp;</div> </ItemTemplate> <AlternatingItemTemplate> <div style="width:100%;" class="AlternativeTemplateStyle"> <span> <%# Eval("ID") %>. </span> <span> <strong><%# Eval("Title") %></strong> </span> </div> <div class="BlankTr" style="width:100%;height:2px;">&nbsp;</div> </AlternatingItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> </Columns> </asp:GridView>

Ascx.cs

if (!IsPostBack)             {                 SPWeb currentWeb = SPContext.Current.Web;                 SPList lst = currentWeb.Lists["Breaking News"];                 SPQuery sQuery = new SPQuery();                 sQuery.Query = "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='ID' Ascending='False' /></OrderBy>";                 SPListItemCollection myColl = lst.GetItems(sQuery);                 dgvBreakingNews.DataSource = myColl.GetDataTable();                 dgvBreakingNews.DataBind();             }