DataGridItem.ItemIndex Property

Definition

Gets the index of the DataGridItem object from the Items collection of the DataGrid control.

public:
 virtual property int ItemIndex { int get(); };
public virtual int ItemIndex { get; }
member this.ItemIndex : int
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ItemIndex As Integer

Property Value

The index of the DataGridItem from the Items collection of the DataGrid control.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ItemIndex property to display the index of the DataGridItem object from the Items collection of the DataGrid control.

Note

The following code example uses the single-file code model and might not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code example must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see Handling and Raising Events.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<script language="C#" runat="server">
 
   DataTable Cart;
   DataView CartView;
 
   ICollection CreateDataSource() 
   {
      DataTable dt = new DataTable();
      DataRow dr;
 
      dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("IntegerValue", typeof(Int32)));
      dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("StringValue", typeof(string)));
      dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CurrencyValue", typeof(double)));
 
      for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) 
      {
         dr = dt.NewRow();
 
         dr[0] = i;
         dr[1] = "Item " + i.ToString();
         dr[2] = 1.23 * (i+1);
 
         dt.Rows.Add(dr);
      }
 
      DataView dv = new DataView(dt);
      return dv;
   }
 
   void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
   {
 
      if (!IsPostBack) 
      {
         // Need to load this data only once.
         ItemsGrid.DataSource = CreateDataSource();
         ItemsGrid.DataBind();
      }
 
   }
 
   void Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
   {

      Label1.Text = "The DataSetIndex of each item in the DataGrid are: <br />"; 
 
      foreach (DataGridItem item in ItemsGrid.Items)
      { 
         Label1.Text += "<br />" + item.ItemIndex.ToString() +
                        " - " + item.Cells[1].Text;
      }
 
   }
 
</script>
 
<head runat="server">
    <title>DataGridItem ItemIndex Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DataGridItem ItemIndex Example</h3>
 
      <asp:DataGrid id="ItemsGrid" runat="server"
           BorderColor="black"
           BorderWidth="1"
           CellPadding="3"
           ShowFooter="true"
           AutoGenerateColumns="true">

         <HeaderStyle BackColor="#00aaaa">
         </HeaderStyle>

         <FooterStyle BackColor="#00aaaa">
         </FooterStyle>
   
      </asp:DataGrid>
 
      <br />

      <asp:Button id="Button1"
           Text="Display ItemIndex of Items in DataGrid"
           OnClick="Button_Click"
           runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />
 
      <asp:Label id="Label1" 
           runat="server"/>
 
   </form>
 
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<script language="VB" runat="server">
 
    Dim Cart As DataTable
    Dim CartView As DataView
 
    Function CreateDataSource() As ICollection
        Dim dt As New DataTable()
        Dim dr As DataRow
        
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("IntegerValue", GetType(Int32)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("StringValue", GetType(String)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("CurrencyValue", GetType(Double)))
        
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To 9
            dr = dt.NewRow()
            
            dr(0) = i
            dr(1) = "Item " & i.ToString()
            dr(2) = 1.23 *(i + 1)
            
            dt.Rows.Add(dr)
        Next i
        
        Dim dv As New DataView(dt)
        Return dv
    End Function 'CreateDataSource


    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            ' Need to load this data only once.
            ItemsGrid.DataSource = CreateDataSource()
            ItemsGrid.DataBind()
        End If
    End Sub 'Page_Load
     

    Sub Button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        
        Label1.Text = "The DataSetIndex of each item in the DataGrid are: <br />"
        
        Dim item As DataGridItem
        For Each item In  ItemsGrid.Items
            Label1.Text &= "<br />" & item.ItemIndex.ToString() & " - " & item.Cells(1).Text
        Next item
    End Sub 'Button_Click
 
</script>
 
<head runat="server">
    <title>DataGridItem ItemIndex Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DataGridItem ItemIndex Example</h3>
 
      <asp:DataGrid id="ItemsGrid" runat="server"
           BorderColor="black"
           BorderWidth="1"
           CellPadding="3"
           ShowFooter="true"
           AutoGenerateColumns="true">

         <HeaderStyle BackColor="#00aaaa">
         </HeaderStyle>

         <FooterStyle BackColor="#00aaaa">
         </FooterStyle>
   
      </asp:DataGrid>
 
      <br />

      <asp:Button id="Button1"
           Text="Display ItemIndex of Items in DataGrid"
           OnClick="Button_Click"
           runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />
 
      <asp:Label id="Label1" 
           runat="server"/>
 
   </form>
 
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the ItemIndex property to determine the index of the DataGridItem object from the Items collection of the DataGrid control.

Note

This property applies only to data items in the DataGrid control. The ItemType property of the DataGridItem object must be set to ListItemType.Item, ListItemType.AlternatingItem, ListItemType.SelectedItem, or ListItemType.EditItem.

Applies to

See also