DataGridViewCell Class
Represents an individual cell in a DataGridView control.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The DataGridViewCell class represents an individual cell in a DataGridView control. You can retrieve cells through the Cells collection of a DataGridViewRow.
The row and column for a DataGridViewCell identify the cell's location in the DataGridView. A typical cell contains data specific to the row and column in which it is contained. The cell can be customized in a number of ways by setting its properties and handling the events associated with it.
Notes to Inheritors:When you derive from DataGridViewCell and add new properties to the derived class, be sure to override the Clone method to copy the new properties during cloning operations. You should also call the base class's Clone method so that the properties of the base class are copied to the new cell.
The following code example illustrates the use of this type. For more information about this example, see How to: Add ToolTips to Individual Cells in a Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
' Sets the ToolTip text for cells in the Rating column. Sub dataGridView1_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs) _ Handles dataGridView1.CellFormatting If e.ColumnIndex = Me.dataGridView1.Columns("Rating").Index _ AndAlso (e.Value IsNot Nothing) Then With Me.dataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex) If e.Value.Equals("*") Then .ToolTipText = "very bad" ElseIf e.Value.Equals("**") Then .ToolTipText = "bad" ElseIf e.Value.Equals("***") Then .ToolTipText = "good" ElseIf e.Value.Equals("****") Then .ToolTipText = "very good" End If End With End If End Sub 'dataGridView1_CellFormatting
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewElement
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewButtonCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewComboBoxCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewHeaderCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewImageCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewLinkCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxCell
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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