DataGridViewEditingControlShowingEventArgs.Control Property

public:
 property System::Windows::Forms::Control ^ Control { System::Windows::Forms::Control ^ get(); };

public System.Windows.Forms.Control Control { get; }

member this.Control : System.Windows.Forms.Control

Public ReadOnly Property Control As Control

Property Value

A Control that displays an area for the user to enter or change the selected cell's value.

Examples

The following code example illustrates the use of this property. In the example, a DataGridView.EditingControlShowing event handler adds a handler for a DataGridViewComboBoxEditingControl event. The editing control is cast to a ComboBox to handle the ComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged event.

private DataGridView dataGridView1 = new DataGridView();

private void AddColorColumn()
{
    DataGridViewComboBoxColumn comboBoxColumn =
        new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
    comboBoxColumn.Items.AddRange(
        Color.Red, Color.Yellow, Color.Green, Color.Blue);
    comboBoxColumn.ValueType = typeof(Color);
    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(comboBoxColumn);
    dataGridView1.EditingControlShowing +=
        new DataGridViewEditingControlShowingEventHandler(
        dataGridView1_EditingControlShowing);
}

private void dataGridView1_EditingControlShowing(object sender,
    DataGridViewEditingControlShowingEventArgs e)
{
    ComboBox combo = e.Control as ComboBox;
    if (combo != null)
    {
        // Remove an existing event-handler, if present, to avoid 
        // adding multiple handlers when the editing control is reused.
        combo.SelectedIndexChanged -=
            new EventHandler(ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged);

        // Add the event handler. 
        combo.SelectedIndexChanged +=
            new EventHandler(ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged);
    }
}

private void ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ((ComboBox)sender).BackColor = (Color)((ComboBox)sender).SelectedItem;
}

Private WithEvents dataGridView1 As New DataGridView()

Private Sub AddColorColumn()

    Dim comboBoxColumn As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumn()
    comboBoxColumn.Items.AddRange( _
        Color.Red, Color.Yellow, Color.Green, Color.Blue)
    comboBoxColumn.ValueType = GetType(Color)
    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(comboBoxColumn)

End Sub

Private Sub dataGridView1_EditingControlShowing(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewEditingControlShowingEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.EditingControlShowing

    Dim combo As ComboBox = CType(e.Control, ComboBox)
    If (combo IsNot Nothing) Then

        ' Remove an existing event-handler, if present, to avoid 
        ' adding multiple handlers when the editing control is reused.
        RemoveHandler combo.SelectedIndexChanged, _
            New EventHandler(AddressOf ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged)

        ' Add the event handler. 
        AddHandler combo.SelectedIndexChanged, _
            New EventHandler(AddressOf ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged)

    End If

End Sub

Private Sub ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged( _
    ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    Dim comboBox1 As ComboBox = CType(sender, ComboBox)
    comboBox1.BackColor = _
        CType(CType(sender, ComboBox).SelectedItem, Color)

End Sub

Remarks

To customize the display characteristics of the control, set the properties of the object returned by the CellStyle property rather than setting the properties of the control returned by the Control property.

Applies to

See also

• DataGridView
• DataGridViewTextBoxEditingControl
• DataGridViewComboBoxEditingControl
• IDataGridViewEditingControl
• CellStyle