datagridview

How to Center and Color a Word in a GridDataView Column?

Hi I'm wondering how to center and color a word in a GridDataView Column? trash trash FIRST trash trash trash trash trash tras... trash trash trash trash SECOND trash trash trash trash ...trash trash trash trash THIRD trash trash trash tra In the above example, "FIRST", "SECOND", "THIRD" are supposed be colored and ...

An alternative to PropertyGrid? Please hear me out.

I know this is a wide topic, but please hear me out. I have a few instances where I need to edit a set of related properties. Some are free text, another might be an integer or password, and many more have predefined options (a selectbox). I basically need a container that repeats rows of text on the left with a control on the right. ...

C# DataGridView: Long Text Truncated with "..." on the Left Side When the Column is Right-Aligned

Hi, I have a question about the cell truncation (replaced with "..."): How to display the replacement "..." on the left side of a cell when the column is right-aligned? I'm using non-equal-width font, so I cannot just count the characters to do some string manipulation as a workaround, I need a solution. I believe there should be. To...

dataGridview with drag and drop but yet enable checkBox/combobox selection

I have a datagridview with drag and drop enabled but I have some columns which I want to let the user change their values (a checkbox and a combobox) any idea of how can this be solved? ...

Setting DropDown list width of DataGridView ComboBoxColumn - WinForms

I'm having a datagridview with combobox column in it. This column is databound. I want to set the width of the dropdown list as per the largest item width in the list. For a normal combobox to achieve the same I've used a extension method which will set the width of the combo box by finding the largest width item in the list. This is don...

value of datagridview on textbox

i have a datagridview and a text box, when i click on a cell of datagridview, the value must copy on the text box, but this not always work olny works sometimes please some help thnk. private void gvProductos_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e) { //DataGridViewRow row = new DataGridViewRow()...

C# DataGrid automatically write values to DB

I have a datagrid view which shows table data from a database Environment: - C# 4.0 - SQL Server 2005 - Visual studio 2010 What i want is: On a row to row basis automatically save changes. So when I edit the first row and then leave the row. It should save the changes to the database. I've used this code: In the From1 Load: dat...

What's the best way to capture all doubleclick events in a DataGridView?

I'm writing a Windows Forms app that uses a DataGridView control. I have row select enabled on the control. I would like to trap the DoubleClick event, but it doesn't seem to fire reliably - I often have to double-click on a row 2 or 3 times before the event is triggered. Could anyone point me to a way to capture this more reliably? ...

Double-click DataGridView row?

I am using vb.net and DataGridView on a winform. When a user double-clicks on a row I want to do something with this row. But how can I know whether user clicked on a row or just anywhere in the grid? If I use DataGridView.CurrentRow then if a row is selected and user clicked anywhere on the grid the current row will show the selected...

DataGridViewCombBoxColumn cell value and different dropdown list

I've a very trivial requirement which makes me go nuts. I've a DataGridView in windows forms application. This contains one databound ComboBox Column. I'm using DisplayMember and ValueMember properties of that combobox. Now my requirement is ComboBox should show the list of DisplayMembers in drop down list but when user selects one ite...

Getting the currently needed width of a dataviewgrid

For C# and Windows Forms the actual needed width in pixels can be calculated as such: Edit: Using col.Visible instead of col.Displayed as per smirkingman's comment! public int getDisplayingWidth( DataGridView gv ) { int gvWidth = 0; if ( gv.RowHeadersVisible ) { gvWidth += gv.RowHeadersWidth; } if ( ( gv.S...

How to display enum values in datagridview column

I have this Database, not of my design but I have to work with it, that contains a table like so : id | Name | status | ... -----+------------+----------+------ 1 | Product1 | 2 | ... 2 | Product2 | 2 | ... 3 | Product3 | 3 | ... ... | ... | ... | ... The status property re...

cannot edit any value in this datagridview

i have a datagridview bould on a list from Mongodb. however i cannot edit the grid. I dunno why its like that? `var connstr = "Server=localhost:27017"; mongo = new Mongo(connstr); mongo.Connect(); IMongoDatabase TorontoTrader = mongo["TorontoTrader"]; IMongoCollection TradingStrategyCollection = Toronto...

Prevent row selection in datagrid when clicking on a checkbox cell.

I have a DataGridView where each row has a checkbox in it. I only want the selected row to change when the user clicks on one of the text cells. However, if a checkbox is clicked I would still like to have the checkbox change its state and catch this event. I have searched everywhere and found a couple of solutions that fix half of th...

.NET DataGridview scroll setting in another thread

i have a gridview whose scroll bars r selected "Both"......now this grid view in updated by a new datasouce in other thread.....but problem in when it is updated its vertical scroll bar diss appears and even not settled when i set it in other thread ...Here is the code Public Sub LoadList() dgvRFQs.DataSource = MyDal.GetAllQuotation...

How to implement an application-wide strategy to force text to upper case?

I am using .Net (C#, WinForms, Linq to SQL, SQL Server 2008) to develop a new line-of-business application that will replace a crufty old Foxpro application. I did not write the old app, but do provide support for it, and I am the in-house developer for the new app. One of the design decisions that was made years ago with the Foxpro app...

Multiline Textbox Column in DataGridView

I want to have a multiline textbox to display data in a DataGridView. I found a solution here but that is not working for me. Here is my code that I am trying to fix the problem with: myDataGridView.Columns["Column1"].DefaultCellStyle.WrapMode = DataGridViewTriState.True; I noticed that I can scroll inside of the textboxes, but their h...

Update DataGridView from other thread

Hi, I know I need to use some invoke method. But how will this work in respect to object properties bound to the DataGridView? Is it possible to have the DataGridView update automatically when the property of the bound object changes, and at the same time invoke it? The object I want to display is updated through an API event, so it ...

two comboboxes in datagridview

i am delaeaing with comboboxes in datagridview in windowsforms assume that i have two combboxes in one datagridview so my question is how to populate comboboxcolumn in datagridview according to selected values from another comboboxcolum in this datagridview ...

DataGridView Row Height Autosize

Hi i am using the DataGridView in the C#.Net 3.5 and i want the height of the all row is set to Autosize.. i have defined the WrapMode = true but not getting the Height Autosize So plz guide me Thanks ...