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DataGridViewColumn.Width Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the current width of the column.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public int Width { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The width, in pixels, of the column. The default is 100.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The specified value when setting this property is greater than 65536.

Remarks

If the specified value when setting this property is less than the value of the MinimumWidth property, the MinimumWidth property value is used instead.

Examples

The following code example sets the width of a column. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the DataGridViewColumn class.

C++

// Set the width. 
private void Button5_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    DataGridViewColumn column = dataGridView.Columns[0];
    column.Width = 60;
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

DataGridViewColumn Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

DataGridView

MinimumWidth

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