General, DataGrid Properties Dialog Box

The General tab of the DataGrid Properties dialog box allows you to:

• Specify a data source that defines what data the grid displays.

• Specify general formatting options.

• Specify the option to allow sorting.

To access this dialog box

1. In Microsoft Visual Web Developer, open or create an .aspx page.

2. In Source view, add a DataGrid control to the page in the <form> element. Your code might look like the following:

   <form id="form1" runat="server">
       <div>
       <asp:DataGrid ID="DataGrid1" runat="server"></asp:DataGrid>
       </div>
   </form>
   

3. Switch to Design view.

4. Right-click the DataGrid control and click Show Smart Tag.

   The DataGrid Tasks window opens.

5. Click Property Builder.

   The DataGrid Properties dialog box opens.

6. Click the General tab.

Tasks

• How to: Respond to Button Events in Data-Bound Controls

UI Elements

Header and footer

• Show header
  Select this check box to render a row with column headers. You can specify header text on the Columns, DataGrid Properties Dialog Box tab.

• Show footer
  Select this check box to render a row at the bottom of the columns with footer text. You can specify footer text on the Columns tab.

Behavior

• Allow sorting
  Causes the grid to support sorting by doing the following:

  • Displaying column headers as LinkButton controls. (The Show header check box must be selected.)

  • Raising the SortCommand event when users click a column header.

  The grid does not actually perform the sort; you do that in an event handler. For details, see Server Event Handling in ASP.NET Web Pages.

See Also

Concepts

Comparing the GridView and DataGrid Web Server Controls