How to set rows' height to automatically resize so contents fit

Question

I'm working on DataGridView and was wondering if there's a property that automatically makes cells bigger if the content requires it.

So far I have, at the end of the DataGridViewBindingComplete handler:

dataGridView1.AutoResizeRows(DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.AllCells);

But unfortunately, that didn't do the trick.

Here's what I tried so far:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private void dgv1BindingComplete(object sender, DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
    {
        dataGridView1.AutoResizeRows(DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.AllCells);
    }

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        // [...] set up datasource: orders

        dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
        dataGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.AllCells;
        dataGridView1.DataSource = orders;

        DataGridViewTextBoxColumn idCol = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
        idCol.DataPropertyName = "id";
        idCol.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.AllCellsExceptHeader;
        idCol.HeaderText = "#";
        idCol.DisplayIndex = 0;

        DataGridViewTextBoxColumn placedCol = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
        placedCol.DataPropertyName = "placed";
        placedCol.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.AllCellsExceptHeader;
        placedCol.HeaderText = "Time Placed";
        placedCol.DisplayIndex = 1;

        // [...] more of these columns

        dataGridView1.Columns.Add(idCol);
        dataGridView1.Columns.Add(placedCol);
        // [...] adding the rest of the columns

        dataGridView1.DataBindingComplete += dgv1BindingComplete;
    }
}

With the following result:

Orders description is on one line. Image cell is not enlarged.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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The answer was hidden in another Stackoverflow question: How to set DataGridView textbox column to multi-line?

Setting the DefaultCellStyle.WrapMode to TriState.True did the trick.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Nov 25 '11 at 13:38

lowerkey

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '16 at 09:42

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datagridview1.RowsDefaultCellStyle.WrapMode = DataGridViewTriState.True
datagridview1.AutoSizeRowsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.AllCellsExceptHeaders

answered Oct 21 '16 at 09:42

Shafick Cruz

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This is clear and concise answer. In my case I had increased the font size and the row height didn't change. Somehow I missed the property in the Layout section. – David Bradley Mar 18 '23 at 15:46

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 22 '11 at 07:43

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Set property AutoSizeColumnMode of datagridview to AllCells and check it.

answered Nov 22 '11 at 07:43

Priyank

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I tried that, but for some reason the cells still don't wrap or adjust their height. – lowerkey Nov 22 '11 at 10:37
Had to start over because I navigated the Designer into a dead end. Will post code when I encounter the problem again, which should be soon. – lowerkey Nov 22 '11 at 14:08
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I guess you meant AutoSizeRowsMode – Alain Tésio Apr 20 '17 at 11:45

How to set rows' height to automatically resize so contents fit

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