Data Grid View default controls

01-data-grid-view.cs

dataGridView1.AllowDrop = false;
dataGridView1.AllowUserToAddRows = false;
dataGridView1.AllowUserToDeleteRows = false;
dataGridView1.AllowUserToOrderColumns = false;
dataGridView1.AllowUserToResizeColumns = false;
dataGridView1.AlternatingRowsDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Beige;
dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = true; // change this
dataGridView1.AutoSizeRowsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.AllCells;
dataGridView1.BackgroundColor = Color.Honeydew;
dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 9F, FontStyle.Bold);
dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.ForeColor = Color.Green;
dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.WrapMode = DataGridViewTriState.False;
dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize;
dataGridView1.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.Salmon;
dataGridView1.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = false;
dataGridView1.MultiSelect = false;
dataGridView1.ReadOnly = true;
dataGridView1.RowHeadersBorderStyle = DataGridViewHeaderBorderStyle.Single;
dataGridView1.RowHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Padding = new Padding(dataGridView1.RowHeadersWidth);
dataGridView1.RowHeadersVisible = false;
dataGridView1.RowTemplate.Height = 16;
dataGridView1.RowTemplate.Resizable = DataGridViewTriState.False;
dataGridView1.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect;

02-grid-view-handlers.cs

public Form1()
{
	InitializeComponent();

	dataGridView1.CellContentClick += new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellContentClick);
	dataGridView1.CellContentDoubleClick += new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellContentDoubleClick);
	dataGridView1.CellDoubleClick += new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellDoubleClick);
	dataGridView1.CellValidated += new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValidated);
	dataGridView1.CellValidating += new DataGridViewCellValidatingEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValidating);
	dataGridView1.CellValueChanged += new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValueChanged);
	dataGridView1.DragDrop += new DragEventHandler(dataGridView1_DragDrop);
	dataGridView1.DragEnter += new DragEventHandler(dataGridView1_DragEnter);
	dataGridView1.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(dataGridView1_MouseDown);
	dataGridView1.MouseMove += new MouseEventHandler(dataGridView1_MouseMove);
	dataGridView1.RowsRemoved += new DataGridViewRowsRemovedEventHandler(dataGridView1_RowsRemoved);
	dataGridView1.SelectionChanged += new EventHandler(dataGridView1_SelectionChanged);
	dataGridView1.UserAddedRow += new DataGridViewRowEventHandler(dataGridView1_UserAddedRow);
	dataGridView1.UserDeletingRow += new DataGridViewRowCancelEventHandler(dataGridView1_UserDeletingRow);
	dataGridView1.UserDeletingRow += new DataGridViewRowCancelEventHandler(dataGridView1_UserDeletingRow);
}

private void dataGridView1_UserDeletingRow(object sender, DataGridViewRowCancelEventArgs e)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_UserAddedRow(object sender, DataGridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_RowsRemoved(object sender, DataGridViewRowsRemovedEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_CellValueChanged(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_CellValidating(object sender, DataGridViewCellValidatingEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_CellValidated(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_CellDoubleClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_CellContentDoubleClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

private void dataGridView1_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    //throw new NotImplementedException();
}

03-columns-not-sortable.cs

// makes columns not sortable
for (int col = 0; col < dataGridView1.Columns.Count; ++col)
{
	dataGridView1.Columns[col].Resizable = DataGridViewTriState.False;
	dataGridView1.Columns[col].SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode.NotSortable;
	dataGridView1.Columns[col].ReadOnly = true;
}

// readonly cells - controlled individually
for (int r = 0; r < dataGridView1.Rows.Count; ++r)
{
	for(int c=0; c< dataGridView1.Rows[r].Cells.Count; ++c)
	{
		dataGridView1.Rows[r].Cells[c].ReadOnly = true;
	}
}

04-data-source.cs

// data source example
orderingEntities oe = new orderingEntities();
dataGridView1.DataSource = (from t in oe.customers select new { t.first_name, t.last_name, t.phone_number, t.customer_email }).ToList();

05-dialog.cs

// handling confirmation dialog
DialogResult d = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure?", "Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question);
if (d == DialogResult.Yes)
{
}

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