ASP.NET 4.5 Hosting :: Use The OnRowDataBound Event of The GridView

If you have a requirement to create a GridView paging style programmatically, then use the OnRowDataBound event of the GridView as shown below:

C#

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender,

GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Pager)
  {
      TableRow tRow = e.Row.Controls[0].Controls[0].
        Controls[0] as TableRow;
      foreach (TableCell tCell in tRow.Cells)
      {
          Control ctrl = tCell.Controls[0];              
          if (ctrl is LinkButton)
          {
              LinkButton lb = (LinkButton)ctrl;
              lb.Width = Unit.Pixel(15);
              lb.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkGray;
              lb.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
              lb.Attributes.Add("onmouseover",
                 "this.style.backgroundColor='#4f6b72';");
              lb.Attributes.Add("onmouseout",
                "this.style.backgroundColor='darkgray';");
          }
      }
  }
}

VB.NET
Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, _
                             ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
     If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.Pager Then
         Dim tRow As TableRow = _
         TryCast(e.Row.Controls(0).Controls(0).Controls(0), _
                                              TableRow)
         For Each tCell As TableCell In tRow.Cells
             Dim ctrl As Control = tCell.Controls(0)
             If TypeOf ctrl Is LinkButton Then
                 Dim lb As LinkButton = CType(ctrl, LinkButton)
                 lb.Width = Unit.Pixel(15)
                 lb.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkGray
                 lb.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
                 lb.Attributes.Add("onmouseover", _
                    "this.style.backgroundColor='#4f6b72';")
                 lb.Attributes.Add("onmouseout", _
                    "this.style.backgroundColor='darkgray';")
             End If
         Next tCell
     End If
End Sub

I have set the mouseover and mouseout attributes in this example which changes the color when the user hovers over the pager. You could follow a similar technique or tweak the example to suit your requirement. I hope you get the idea.
The output would be similar to the one shown below: