- DataGridView Overview
- Basic Data Binding with the DataGridView
- Controlling Modifications to Data in the Grid
- Programmatic DataGridView Construction
- Custom Column Content with Unbound Columns
- Displaying Computed Data in Virtual Mode
- Using the Built-In Column Types
- Built-In Header Cells
- Handling Grid Data Edits
- Automatic Column Sizing
- Column and Row Freezing
- Using the Designer to Define Grids
- Column Reordering
- Defining Custom Column and Cell Types
- Utilizing Cell-Oriented Grid Features
- Formatting with Styles
- Where Are We?
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Controlling Modifications to Data in the Grid
The DataGridView control gives you explicit control over whether users can edit, delete, or add rows in the grid. After the grid has been populated with data, the user can interact with the data presented in the grid in a number of ways, as discussed earlier. By default, those interactions include editing the contents of cells (fields) in a row, selecting a row and deleting it with the Delete keyboard key, or adding a new row using an empty row that displays as the last row in the grid.
If you want to disallow any of these interactions, set the AllowUserToAddRows or AllowUserToDeleteRows properties to false, or set the ReadOnly property to true for adding, deleting, or editing, respectively. Each of these properties also raise corresponding XXXChanged property changed events whenever their values are set. When you support adding, editing, or deleting, you may need to handle certain additional events to accept new values for unbound rows or for virtual mode, as described later in this chapter.