You can modify the columns and the ItemTemplate of columns in a GridView's HeaderRow. But the same is not possible on the FooterRow since it's read-only.
Is there any way that I can programmatically add a TextBox control to a FooterRow in a GridView control?
Note: I don't need databinding on the controls I add.
I may be missing something but can't you hook into the RowDataBound event and add your controls like this?
protected void GridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Footer)
{
TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
textBox.Text = "Hello";
e.Row.Cells[0].Controls.Add(textBox);
}
}
Yes I have tried this myself and it works fine, here's the full code...
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound"
ShowFooter="True">
</asp:GridView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
List<string> animals = new List<string>();
animals.Add("Cat");
animals.Add("Dog");
animals.Add("Horse");
GridView1.DataSource = animals;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType != DataControlRowType.Footer) return;
TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
e.Row.Cells[0].Controls.Add(textBox);
}
}