DataGrid::PreferredColumnWidth Property

 

Gets or sets the default width of the grid columns in pixels.

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

public:
[TypeConverterAttribute((DataGridPreferredColumnWidthTypeConverter^::typeid))]
property int PreferredColumnWidth {
	int get();
	void set(int value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Int32

The default width (in pixels) of columns in the grid.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

The property value is less than 0.

Set this property before resetting the DataSource and DataMember properties (either separately, or through the SetDataBinding method), or the property will have no effect.

The property cannot be set to a value less than 0.

The following code example sets the default column widths to a value passed to the method.

Private Sub SetDefaultColWidth(defColWidth As Integer)
    DataGrid1.PreferredColumnWidth = defColWidth
 End Sub

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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