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DataGridView::RowHeadersWidth Property

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Gets or sets the width, in pixels, of the column that contains the row headers.

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

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property int RowHeadersWidth {
	int get();
	void set(int value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Int32

The width, in pixels, of the column that contains row headers. The default is 43.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The specified value when setting this property is less than the minimum width of 4 pixels or is greater than the maximum width of 32768 pixels.

The RowHeadersWidth property can be used to resize the row header column to a specified width. To adjust the width of this column to fit the contents of the row header cells, use the AutoResizeRowHeadersWidth method.

The following code example illustrates how to use the RowHeadersWidth property in a row-painting scenario. In the example, the value of this property is used to calculate the bounds within which a custom background is drawn.

This code is part of a larger example available inHow to: Customize the Appearance of Rows in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

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Available since 2.0
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