How can I hide the drop-down arrow of a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn like Visual Studio Properties window?

Question

I have a DataGridView where one of the columns is a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn. When the grid is populated, that column looks different because of the drop-down arrow appearing on each cell in the column. I'd like to change this so that the drop-down arrow is hidden and only shows up when the row is actually highlighted or when the combobox cell is selected for editing. The behavior I wanted is like how the Properties window in Visual Studio handles its values.

Answer 1

I'm fairly certain the only way to do this is with CSS.

Answer 2

In the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn, there is a property called DisplayStyle. Set it to Nothing to hide the DropDownButton

Further information about the DataGridViewComboBoxDisplayStyle enumeration is available at this MSDN link

Answer 3

Thank you so much Joe Schmoe. I am trying to figure out this a long time ago.