DataGridViewComboBoxColumn::MaxDropDownItems Property
Gets or sets the maximum number of items in the drop-down list of the cells in the column.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Int32The maximum number of drop-down list items, from 1 to 100. The default is 8.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidOperationException | The value of the CellTemplate property is null. |
Getting or setting this property gets or sets the MaxDropDownItems property of the object returned by the CellTemplate property. Setting this property also sets the MaxDropDownItems property of every cell in the column. To override the specified value for individual cells, set the cell values after you set the column value.
The following code example demonstrates how to use a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn to aid in entering data into the TitleOfCourtesy column. This example is part of a larger example available in the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn class overview topic.
private: void SetAlternateChoicesUsingItems( DataGridViewComboBoxColumn^ comboboxColumn) { comboboxColumn->Items->AddRange("Mr.", "Ms.", "Mrs.", "Dr."); } private: DataGridViewComboBoxColumn^ CreateComboBoxColumn() { DataGridViewComboBoxColumn^ column = gcnew DataGridViewComboBoxColumn(); { column->DataPropertyName = ColumnName::TitleOfCourtesy.ToString(); column->HeaderText = ColumnName::TitleOfCourtesy.ToString(); column->DropDownWidth = 160; column->Width = 90; column->MaxDropDownItems = 3; column->FlatStyle = FlatStyle::Flat; } return column; }
Available since 2.0