I had the same problem and abandoned setting the CellStyle of the active row, as was previously suggested in other postings. There were some strange side effects, such as the Alternate Row  background color getting lost until you mouse over it. What I did was set the following xaml on the grid

                <igGrid:XamGrid.SelectionSettings>

                   <igGrid:SelectionSettings  RowSelection="Single" CellClickAction="SelectRow" CellSelection="None"/>

                </igGrid:XamGrid.SelectionSettings>

Then, I overrode the CellControl style with the following.

  <Style TargetType="ig:CellControl">

        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="11" />

        <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />

        <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource CellItemNormalBackgroundBrush}"/>

        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource CellItemNormalBorderBrush}"/>

        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0,0,1,0"/>

        <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>

        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="5"/>

        <Setter Property="Template">

            <Setter.Value>

                <ControlTemplate TargetType="ig:CellControl">

                    <Grid>

                        <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>

                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">

                                <VisualState x:Name="Normal" />

                                <VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">

                                    <Storyboard >

                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="AltMouseOver" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Fill">

                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="{StaticResource GridRowHoverBrush}"/>

                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

                                    </Storyboard>

                                </VisualState>

                                <VisualState x:Name="Alternate" >

                                    <Storyboard>

                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="AltMouseOver" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Fill">

                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="{StaticResource CellItemAltNormalBackgroundBrush}"/>

                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

                                    </Storyboard>

                                </VisualState>

                            </VisualStateGroup>

                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="SelectedStates">

                                <VisualState x:Name="NotSelected" />

                                <VisualState x:Name="Selected">

                                    <Storyboard >

                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ActiveSelected" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">

                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="{StaticResource GridRowSelectedBrush}"/>

                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

                                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ActiveSelected" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderThickness">

                                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0,0,1,0"/>

                                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

                                    </Storyboard>

                                </VisualState>

                            </VisualStateGroup>

                            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="ActiveStates">

                                <VisualState x:Name="InActive" />

                                <VisualState x:Name="Active">

                                    <!--<Storyboard >

<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ActiveSelected" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderThickness">

<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="1"/>

</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

</Storyboard>-->

                                </VisualState>

                            </VisualStateGroup>

                        </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>

                        <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" x:Name="Root"/>

                        <Rectangle x:Name="AltMouseOver" Margin="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"/>

                        <Border x:Name="ActiveSelected" BorderBrush="{StaticResource CellItemNormalBorderBrush}"></Border>

                        <ContentPresenter   VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"/>

                    </Grid>

                </ControlTemplate>

            </Setter.Value>

        </Setter>

    </Style>

Hope this helps someone, I certainly toiled at this for long enough.

-greg

Hello,

Here is an example of retemplating the CellControl with Foreground style:

Style

<Style x:Key="cellStyle" TargetType="ig:CellControl">

    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red"/>

</Style>

Column

<ig:XamGrid.Columns>

    <ig:TextColumn Key="ProductID" AllowToolTips="Always" CellStyle="{StaticResource cellStyle}"/>

...

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Sam

Hi, 

ContentPresenter's don't have a foreground. What happens is  the CellControl is a ContentControl, so the CP inherits it's foreground from the ContentControl. However, if you want to change the foreground in a VisualState, you'll need to wrap the CP in an element that supports foreGround. such as another ContentControl, and set the foreground on it. 

-SteveZ

Your reply didn't answer the exact question, which is how to change the cellcontrol foreground color. The foreground color property is not exposed in the cell control content presenter.