DataGridViewCell Class

The DataGridViewCell class represents an individual cell in a DataGridView control. You can retrieve cells through the Cells collection of a DataGridViewRow.

The row and column for a DataGridViewCell identify the cell's location in the DataGridView. A typical cell contains data specific to the row and column in which it is contained. The cell can be customized in a number of ways by setting its properties and handling the events associated with it.

When you derive from DataGridViewCell and add new properties to the derived class, be sure to override the Clone method to copy the new properties during cloning operations. You should also call the base class's Clone method so that the properties of the base class are copied to the new cell.

The following code example illustrates the use of this type. For more information about this example, see How to: Add ToolTips to Individual Cells in a Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

// Sets the ToolTip text for cells in the Rating column.
void dataGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, 
    DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    if ( (e.ColumnIndex == this.dataGridView1.Columns["Rating"].Index)
        && e.Value != null )
    {
        DataGridViewCell cell = 
            this.dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex];
        if (e.Value.Equals("*"))
        {                
            cell.ToolTipText = "very bad";
        }
        else if (e.Value.Equals("**"))
        {
            cell.ToolTipText = "bad";
        }
        else if (e.Value.Equals("***"))
        {
            cell.ToolTipText = "good";
        }
        else if (e.Value.Equals("****"))
        {
            cell.ToolTipText = "very good";
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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