DataGrid Properties
.NET Framework 1.1
The properties of the DataGrid class are listed here. For a complete list of DataGrid class members, see the DataGrid Members topic.
Public Properties
 AccessibilityObject (inherited from Control) | Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control. |
| AccessibleDefaultActionDescription (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications. |
| AccessibleDescription (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. |
| AccessibleName (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. |
| AccessibleRole (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the accessible role of the control |
| AllowDrop (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. |
| AllowNavigation | Gets or sets a value indicating whether navigation is allowed. |
| AllowSorting | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the grid can be resorted by clicking on a column header. |
| AlternatingBackColor | Gets or sets the background color of odd-numbered rows of the grid. |
| Anchor (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets which edges of the control are anchored to the edges of its container. |
| BackColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overridden. Gets or sets the background color of even-numbered rows of the grid. |
| BackgroundColor | Gets or sets the color of the non-row area of the grid. |
| BackgroundImage | Overridden. See Control.BackgroundImage. |
| BindingContext (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the BindingContext for the control. |
| BorderStyle | Gets or sets the grid's border style. |
| Bottom (inherited from Control) | Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container's client area. |
| Bounds (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements. |
| CanFocus (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus. |
| CanSelect (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected. |
| CaptionBackColor | Gets or sets the background color of the caption area. |
| CaptionFont | Gets or sets the font of the grid's caption. |
| CaptionForeColor | Gets or sets the foreground color of the caption area. |
| CaptionText | Gets or sets the text of the grid's window caption. |
| CaptionVisible | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the grid's caption is visible. |
| Capture (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse. |
| CausesValidation (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. |
| ClientRectangle (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control. |
| ClientSize (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the height and width of the client area of the control. |
| ColumnHeadersVisible Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the column headers a table are visible. |
| CompanyName (inherited from Control) | Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control. |
| Container (inherited from Component) | Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. |
| ContainsFocus (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus. |
| ContextMenu (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the shortcut menu associated with the control. |
| Controls (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the collection of controls contained within the control. |
| Created (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created. |
| CurrentCell Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets which cell has the focus. Not available at design time. |
| CurrentRowIndex Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets index of the selected row. |
| Cursor | Overridden. See Control.Cursor. |
| DataBindings (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the data bindings for the control. |
| DataMember | Gets or sets the specific list in a DataSource for which the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid control displays a grid. |
| DataSource Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the data source that the grid is displaying data for. |
| DisplayRectangle (inherited from Control) | Gets the rectangle that represents the display area of the control. |
| Disposing (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control is in the process of being disposed of. |
| Dock (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets which edge of the parent container a control is docked to. |
| Enabled (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. |
| FirstVisibleColumn Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the index of the first visible column in a grid. |
| FlatMode | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the grid displays in flat mode. |
| Focused (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus. |
| Font (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control. |
| ForeColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overridden. Gets or sets the foreground color (typically the color of the text) property of the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid control. |
| GridLineColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the color of the grid lines. |
| GridLineStyle | Gets or sets the line style of the grid. |
| Handle (inherited from Control) | Gets the window handle that the control is bound to. |
| HasChildren (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls. |
| HeaderBackColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the background color of all row and column headers. |
| HeaderFont | Gets or sets the font used for column headers. |
| HeaderForeColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the foreground color of headers. |
| Height (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the height of the control. |
| ImeMode (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. |
| InvokeRequired (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on. |
| IsAccessible (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications. |
| IsDisposed (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. |
| IsHandleCreated (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it. |
| Item | Overloaded. Gets or sets the value of a specified cell.
In C#, this property is the indexer for the DataGrid class. |
| Left (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container's client area. |
| LinkColor | Gets or sets the color of the text that you can click to navigate to a child table. |
| LinkHoverColor | Gets or sets the color a link changes to when the mouse pointer moves over it. |
| Location (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. |
| Name (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the name of the control. |
| Parent (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the parent container of the control. |
| ParentRowsBackColor | Gets or sets the background color of parent rows. |
| ParentRowsForeColor | Gets or sets the foreground color of parent rows. |
| ParentRowsLabelStyle | Gets or sets the way parent row labels are displayed. |
| ParentRowsVisible | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the parent rows of a table are visible. |
| PreferredColumnWidth | Gets or sets the default width of the grid columns in pixels. |
| PreferredRowHeight | Gets or sets the preferred row height for the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid control. |
| ProductName (inherited from Control) | Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control. |
| ProductVersion (inherited from Control) | Gets the version of the assembly containing the control. |
| ReadOnly | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the grid is in read-only mode. |
| RecreatingHandle (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle. |
| Region (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the window region associated with the control. |
| Right (inherited from Control) | Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container's client area. |
| RightToLeft (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether control's elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. |
| RowHeadersVisible Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets a value that specifies whether row headers are visible. |
| RowHeaderWidth | Gets or sets the width of row headers. |
| SelectionBackColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the background color of selected rows. |
| SelectionForeColor Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or set the foreground color of selected rows. |
| Site | Overridden. See Control.Site. |
| Size (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets the height and width of the control. |
| TabIndex (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container. |
| TableStyles Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the collection of DataGridTableStyle objects for the grid. |
| TabStop (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key. |
| Tag (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control. |
| Text Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overridden. See Control.Text. |
| Top (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container's client area. |
| TopLevelControl (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in. |
| Visible (inherited from Control)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is displayed. |
| VisibleColumnCount Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the number of visible columns. |
| VisibleRowCount Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the number of rows visible. |
| Width (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the width of the control. |
Protected Properties
| CreateParams (inherited from Control) | Gets the required creation parameters when the control handle is created. |
| DefaultImeMode (inherited from Control) | Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control. |
| DefaultSize | Overridden. Gets the default size of the control. |
| DesignMode (inherited from Component) | Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. |
| Events (inherited from Component) | Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. |
| FontHeight (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the height of the font of the control. |
| HorizScrollBar | Gets the horizontal scrollbar for the grid. |
| ListManager | Gets the CurrencyManager for this System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid control. |
| ResizeRedraw (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized. |
| ShowFocusCues (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control should display focus rectangles. |
| ShowKeyboardCues (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the control should display keyboard shortcuts. |
| VertScrollBar | Gets the vertical scroll bar of the control. |
