How can I allow selected rows in a DataGridView (DGV) to be moved up or down. I have done this before with a ListView. Unfortunetly, for me, replacing the DGV is not an option (curses). By the way, the DGV datasource is a Generic Collection.
The DGV has two buttons on the side, yes, UP & Down. Can anyone help point me in the right direction. I do have the code that I used for the ListView if it'll help (it did not help me).
If you programatically change the ordering of the items in your collection, the DGV should reflect that automatically.
Sloppy, half-working example:
List<MyObj> foo = DGV.DataSource;
int idx = DGV.SelectedRows[0].Index;
int value = foo[idx];
foo.Remove(value);
foo.InsertAt(idx+1, value)
Some of that logic may be wrong, and this may not be the most efficient approach either. Also, it doesn't take into account multiple row selections.
Hmm, one last thing, if you're using a standard List or Collection this isn't going to go as smoothly. List and Collection on't emit events that the DGV finds useful for databinding. You could 'burp' the databinding every time you change the collection, but a better solution would be for you to use a System.ComponentModel.BindingList. When you change the ordering of the BindingList the DGV should reflect the change automatically.
This should work. I use a BindingSource instead of binding my List directly to the DataGridView:
private List<MyItem> items = new List<MyItem> {
new MyItem {Id = 0, Name = "Hello"},
new MyItem {Id = 1, Name = "World"},
new MyItem {Id = 2, Name = "Foo"},
new MyItem {Id = 3, Name = "Bar"},
new MyItem {Id = 4, Name = "Scott"},
new MyItem {Id = 5, Name = "Tiger"},
};
private BindingSource bs;
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bs = new BindingSource(items, string.Empty);
dataGridView1.DataSource = bs;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int position = bs.Position;
if (position == 0) return; // already at top
bs.RaiseListChangedEvents = false;
MyItem current = (MyItem)bs.Current;
bs.Remove(current);
position--;
bs.Insert(position, current);
bs.Position = position;
bs.RaiseListChangedEvents = true;
bs.ResetBindings(false);
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int position = bs.Position;
if (position == bs.Count -1) return; // already at bottom
bs.RaiseListChangedEvents = false;
MyItem current = (MyItem)bs.Current;
bs.Remove(current);
position++;
bs.Insert(position, current);
bs.Position = position;
bs.RaiseListChangedEvents = true;
bs.ResetBindings(false);
}
public class MyItem
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public String Name { get; set; }
}
Was looking for this UP/DOWN button thing and glad that I found this. Better to put the bs.RaiseListChangedEvents = false statement after the return or it doesn't work all the time.
And in C#3.0 you can add two extension methods to the BindingSource like this:
public static class BindingSourceExtension
{
public static void MoveUp( this BindingSource aBindingSource )
{
int position = aBindingSource.Position;
if (position == 0) return; // already at top
aBindingSource.RaiseListChangedEvents = false;
object current = aBindingSource.Current;
aBindingSource.Remove(current);
position--;
aBindingSource.Insert(position, current);
aBindingSource.Position = position;
aBindingSource.RaiseListChangedEvents = true;
aBindingSource.ResetBindings(false);
}
public static void MoveDown( this BindingSource aBindingSource )
{
int position = aBindingSource.Position;
if (position == aBindingSource.Count - 1) return; // already at bottom
aBindingSource.RaiseListChangedEvents = false;
object current = aBindingSource.Current;
aBindingSource.Remove(current);
position++;
aBindingSource.Insert(position, current);
aBindingSource.Position = position;
aBindingSource.RaiseListChangedEvents = true;
aBindingSource.ResetBindings(false);
}
}
Finally a good use for extension methods instead of all those bad String examples.. ;-)
DataGridViewRow BeginingRow = new DataGridViewRow();
int BeginingRowIndex ;
private void DataGridView1_CellMouseUp(object sender, DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left ||e.RowIndex < 0 ) return;
if (BeginingRowIndex > e.RowIndex)
{
DataGridView1.Rows.Insert(e.RowIndex);
foreach (DataGridViewCell cellules in blvLigneOrigine.Cells)
{
DataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[cellules.ColumnIndex].Value = cellules.Value;
}
DataGridView1.Rows.RemoveAt(BeginingRowIndex + 1);
}
else
{
DataGridView1.Rows.Insert(e.RowIndex +1);
foreach (DataGridViewCell cellules in blvLigneOrigine.Cells)
{
DataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex+1].Cells[cellules.ColumnIndex].Value = cellules.Value;
}
DataGridView1.Rows.RemoveAt(BeginingRowIndex);
}
DataGridView1.RowsDefaultCellStyle.ApplyStyle(blvLigneOrigine.DefaultCellStyle);
DataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Selected = true;
}
private void DataGridView1_CellMouseDown(object sender, DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left ||e.RowIndex < 0 ) return;
BeginingRowIndex = e.RowIndex;
blvLigneOrigine = DataGridView1.Rows[BeginingRowIndex];
blvLigneOrigine.DefaultCellStyle = DataGridView1.Rows[BeginingRowIndex].DefaultCellStyle;
}
DataGridViewRow BeginingRow = new DataGridViewRow();
int BeginingRowIndex ;
private void DataGridView1_CellMouseUp(object sender, DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left ||e.RowIndex < 0 ) return;
if (BeginingRowIndex > e.RowIndex)
{
DataGridView1.Rows.Insert(e.RowIndex);
foreach (DataGridViewCell cellules in BeginingRow.Cells)
{
DataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[cellules.ColumnIndex].Value = cellules.Value;
}
DataGridView1.Rows.RemoveAt(BeginingRowIndex + 1);
}
else
{
DataGridView1.Rows.Insert(e.RowIndex +1);
foreach (DataGridViewCell cellules in BeginingRow.Cells)
{
DataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex+1].Cells[cellules.ColumnIndex].Value = cellules.Value;
}
DataGridView1.Rows.RemoveAt(BeginingRowIndex);
}
DataGridView1.RowsDefaultCellStyle.ApplyStyle(BeginingRow.DefaultCellStyle);
DataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Selected = true;
}
private void DataGridView1_CellMouseDown(object sender, DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left ||e.RowIndex < 0 ) return;
BeginingRowIndex = e.RowIndex;
BeginingRow = DataGridView1.Rows[BeginingRowIndex];
BeginingRow.DefaultCellStyle = DataGridView1.Rows[BeginingRowIndex].DefaultCellStyle;
}