How can I right-align text in a DataGridView column?

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How can I right-align text in a DataGridView column? I am writing a .NET WinForms application.

score 135 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '11 at 09:03

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this.dataGridView1.Columns["CustomerName"].DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;

answered Mar 08 '11 at 09:03

MUG4N

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Similarly: go to the Collections property of the datagridview; click on the column; at the top under the Appearance category there will be a DefaultCellStyle field; click '...'; a CellStyle Builder window will pop up with things like Alignment, etc. So, you can set the properties in the form editor without needing to resort to hard coding. – leetNightshade Aug 09 '13 at 18:04
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(to leetNightshade...) Setting values in the form editor can be thought of as hard-coding. By setting values in the code (as in the solution given by MUG4N), it is possible to alter the alignment based on data type. E.g. use right-align if a cell contains numeric data or left-align if the cell contains text data. Remember that grids can be populated programmatically at run-time (e.g. if they are not data-bound). It is also possible to read the alignment settings from a configuration source and set them dynamically at run-time. Cheers. – Andrew Jens Mar 24 '15 at 23:53
To modify the header cell as well, use `this.dataGridView1.Columns["CustomerName"].HeaderCell.Style.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;` – Conner Apr 26 '21 at 17:29

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 12:50

To set align text in dataGridCell you have two ways:

Set the align for a specific cell or set for each cell of row.

For one column go to Columns->DataGridViewCellStyle

or

For each column go to RowDefaultCellStyle

The control panel is the same as the follow:

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 17 '20 at 00:51

I know this is old, but for those surfing this question, the answer by MUG4N will align all columns that use the same defaultcellstyle. I'm not using autogeneratecolumns so that is not acceptable. Instead I used:

e.Column.DefaultCellStyle = new DataGridViewCellStyle(e.Column.DefaultCellStyle);
e.Column.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;

In this case e is from:

Grd_ColumnAdded(object sender, DataGridViewColumnEventArgs e)

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 03 '19 at 17:17

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you can edit all the columns at once by using this simple code via Foreach loop

        foreach (DataGridViewColumn item in datagridview1.Columns)
        {
            item.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
        }

answered Apr 03 '19 at 17:17

Sayed Muhammad Idrees

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 23 '21 at 13:27

While we are dealing with alignment and configuration it can be useful to reduce repetitive tasks by using (C#) anonymous types. Much easier to read and advanced operations can be edited in one place. Like in this datagridview dg configuration

foreach (var conf in new [] { 
  new { Col = 0, WidthPercent = 40, Align = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter } ,
  new { Col = 1, WidthPercent = 30, Align = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter } ,
  new { Col = 2, WidthPercent = 30, Align = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter }
})
{
  dg.Columns[conf.Col].Width = (int)(dg.Width * conf.WidthPercent/100);
  dg.Columns[conf.Col].DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = conf.Align;
}

While into datagridview, it is also useful to sometimes transform data and populate a grid with column names defined anonymously. dg.DataSource = MyList.Select(d=>new {Name=d.Key, IP=d.Value.ip, Refreshed = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss") } ).ToList(); — flodis, Oct 23 '21 at 13:39

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 29 '20 at 09:28

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<DataGridTextColumn Header="Quantity" Binding="{Binding Quantity}" >
  <DataGridTextColumn.ElementStyle>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
       <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Right" />
    </Style>
  </DataGridTextColumn.ElementStyle>
</DataGridTextColumn>

answered Jul 29 '20 at 09:28

MansurPatel

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Abdul Latheef · Answer 7 · 2021-02-18T05:18:47.193

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DataGridViewColumn column0 = dataGridViewGroup.Columns[0];
DataGridViewColumn column1 = dataGridViewGroup.Columns[1];
column1.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
column1.Width = 120;

edited Feb 18 '21 at 05:18

answered Feb 16 '21 at 06:23

Abdul Latheef

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