DataGridView Class
Displays data in a customizable grid.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The DataGridView control provides a customizable table for displaying data. The DataGridView class allows customization of cells, rows, columns, and borders through the use of properties such as DefaultCellStyle, ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle, CellBorderStyle, and GridColor. For more information, see Basic Formatting and Styling in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
You can use a DataGridView control to display data with or without an underlying data source. Without specifying a data source, you can create columns and rows that contain data and add them directly to the DataGridView using the Rows and Columns properties. You can also use the Rows collection to access DataGridViewRow objects and the DataGridViewRow.Cells property to read or write cell values directly. The Item indexer also provides direct access to cells.
As an alternative to populating the control manually, you can set the DataSource and DataMember properties to bind the DataGridView to a data source and automatically populate it with data. For more information, see Displaying Data in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
When working with very large amounts of data, you can set the VirtualMode property to true to display a subset of the available data. Virtual mode requires the implementation of a data cache from which the DataGridView control is populated. For more information, see Data Display Modes in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
For additional information about the features available in the DataGridView control, see DataGridView Control (Windows Forms). The following table provides direct links to common tasks.
Although the DataGridView control replaces and adds functionality to the DataGrid control of previous versions, the DataGrid control is retained for both backward compatibility and future use if you choose. For more information, see Differences Between the Windows Forms DataGridView and DataGrid Controls.
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The DataGridView control inherits both the ContextMenu and ContextMenuStrip properties from Control, but supports only the ContextMenuStrip property. Using the ContextMenu property with the DataGridView control has no effect. |
The following code example demonstrates how to initialize an unbound DataGridView control.
using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form { private Panel buttonPanel = new Panel(); private DataGridView songsDataGridView = new DataGridView(); private Button addNewRowButton = new Button(); private Button deleteRowButton = new Button(); public Form1() { this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load); } private void Form1_Load(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { SetupLayout(); SetupDataGridView(); PopulateDataGridView(); } private void songsDataGridView_CellFormatting(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e != null) { if (this.songsDataGridView.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].Name == "Release Date") { if (e.Value != null) { try { e.Value = DateTime.Parse(e.Value.ToString()) .ToLongDateString(); e.FormattingApplied = true; } catch (FormatException) { Console.WriteLine("{0} is not a valid date.", e.Value.ToString()); } } } } } private void addNewRowButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(); } private void deleteRowButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (this.songsDataGridView.SelectedRows.Count > 0 && this.songsDataGridView.SelectedRows[0].Index != this.songsDataGridView.Rows.Count - 1) { this.songsDataGridView.Rows.RemoveAt( this.songsDataGridView.SelectedRows[0].Index); } } private void SetupLayout() { this.Size = new Size(600, 500); addNewRowButton.Text = "Add Row"; addNewRowButton.Location = new Point(10, 10); addNewRowButton.Click += new EventHandler(addNewRowButton_Click); deleteRowButton.Text = "Delete Row"; deleteRowButton.Location = new Point(100, 10); deleteRowButton.Click += new EventHandler(deleteRowButton_Click); buttonPanel.Controls.Add(addNewRowButton); buttonPanel.Controls.Add(deleteRowButton); buttonPanel.Height = 50; buttonPanel.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom; this.Controls.Add(this.buttonPanel); } private void SetupDataGridView() { this.Controls.Add(songsDataGridView); songsDataGridView.ColumnCount = 5; songsDataGridView.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Navy; songsDataGridView.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.ForeColor = Color.White; songsDataGridView.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font = new Font(songsDataGridView.Font, FontStyle.Bold); songsDataGridView.Name = "songsDataGridView"; songsDataGridView.Location = new Point(8, 8); songsDataGridView.Size = new Size(500, 250); songsDataGridView.AutoSizeRowsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.DisplayedCellsExceptHeaders; songsDataGridView.ColumnHeadersBorderStyle = DataGridViewHeaderBorderStyle.Single; songsDataGridView.CellBorderStyle = DataGridViewCellBorderStyle.Single; songsDataGridView.GridColor = Color.Black; songsDataGridView.RowHeadersVisible = false; songsDataGridView.Columns[0].Name = "Release Date"; songsDataGridView.Columns[1].Name = "Track"; songsDataGridView.Columns[2].Name = "Title"; songsDataGridView.Columns[3].Name = "Artist"; songsDataGridView.Columns[4].Name = "Album"; songsDataGridView.Columns[4].DefaultCellStyle.Font = new Font(songsDataGridView.DefaultCellStyle.Font, FontStyle.Italic); songsDataGridView.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect; songsDataGridView.MultiSelect = false; songsDataGridView.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; songsDataGridView.CellFormatting += new DataGridViewCellFormattingEventHandler( songsDataGridView_CellFormatting); } private void PopulateDataGridView() { string[] row0 = { "11/22/1968", "29", "Revolution 9", "Beatles", "The Beatles [White Album]" }; string[] row1 = { "1960", "6", "Fools Rush In", "Frank Sinatra", "Nice 'N' Easy" }; string[] row2 = { "11/11/1971", "1", "One of These Days", "Pink Floyd", "Meddle" }; string[] row3 = { "1988", "7", "Where Is My Mind?", "Pixies", "Surfer Rosa" }; string[] row4 = { "5/1981", "9", "Can't Find My Mind", "Cramps", "Psychedelic Jungle" }; string[] row5 = { "6/10/2003", "13", "Scatterbrain. (As Dead As Leaves.)", "Radiohead", "Hail to the Thief" }; string[] row6 = { "6/30/1992", "3", "Dress", "P J Harvey", "Dry" }; songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row0); songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row1); songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row2); songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row3); songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row4); songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row5); songsDataGridView.Rows.Add(row6); songsDataGridView.Columns[0].DisplayIndex = 3; songsDataGridView.Columns[1].DisplayIndex = 4; songsDataGridView.Columns[2].DisplayIndex = 0; songsDataGridView.Columns[3].DisplayIndex = 1; songsDataGridView.Columns[4].DisplayIndex = 2; } [STAThreadAttribute()] static void Main() { Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.Run(new Form1()); } }
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
System.Windows.Forms.Control
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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