Questions tagged [datagridviewtextboxcell]
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How to prevent going to next row after editing a DataGridViewTextBoxColumn and pressing EnterKey?
I'm working on a program with DataGridViews.
In one DatagridView there is a DataGridViewTextBoxColumn, which is enabled to be edited by the user. When the user is done with typing the numbers into it, he presses ENTER on the keyboard. Now the…

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How can I make a DataGridView cell's font a particular color?
This code works fine for making the cell's background Blue:
DataGridViewRow dgvr = dataGridViewLifeSchedule.Rows[rowToPopulate];
dgvr.Cells[colName].Style.BackColor = Color.Blue;
dgvr.Cells[colName].Style.ForeColor = Color.Yellow;
...but the…

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RightToLeft DatagridviewCell
How can i sert the property RightToLeft to a DatagridviewCell? I tried to set
Alignement property to "MiddleRight" but since my DatagridviewCell value is
Arabic and English it is not displayed as i want from right to left.

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Ctrl + c in DataGridViewCell edit mode copies the whole row
I have a datagrid that has one column with text that I would like to allow users to copy text out of. I have set up routines to be able to copy the entire cell, or row, but I am having issues when editing the cell and typing CTRL + C.
This is the…

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How to switch between DataGridViewTextBoxCell and DataGridViewComboBoxCell?
I want to have a DataGridView that has two columns. The first column will always be of type DataGridViewComboBoxColumn. Based on the selection in that column, I'd like to be able to change the corresponding cell in the second column to either a…

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How can I programmatically move from one cell in a datagridview to another?
I need to only allow one character to be entered into the editable datagridview cells (every other column, the odd-numbered ones, are editable); if the user adds a second character while in one of these cells, the cursor should move to the next cell…

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DataGridView Events
I need to perform a task whenever the user ordinarily ends edit mode (no matter if the user actually modified the value or not; but not when the user cancels edit mode by pressing ESC) in a TextBox column of a DataGridView control.
I tried several…

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How to convert DataGridViewComboBoxCell to DataGridViewTextBoxCell
I searched a lot for this error many same question is already asked, but its not solving my problem.
I am getting
Operation is not valid because it results in a reentrant call to the SetCurrentCellAddressCore function.
The scenario is I have…

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how to give values from xml file to datagridviewtextbox in C#?
lets say i got some xml file which looks like this:
Server1
Database1
Server2
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Add Control object into DataGridViewTextBoxCell
I have a class that is deriveded from DataGridViewTextBoxCell and I want to add an Form.Control object (like TextBox, CheckBox ..) into that cell but there is no control object that I can add new one into it.
In other words I want to create a cell…

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How can I make the DataGridViewTextBoxColumn wrap to a new line if its text is too long?
My question is simple, but I can not think of an easy solution. Lets say I have a DataGridViewTextBoxColumn. How can I make it break text into several lines if it is too long to be shown in one line?

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how to get the editing control of datagridview/datagridviewcell?
I have a datagridviewcell with textbox as the control hosted by it. Now how do I get the type of control programmatically in other parts of my code?
I add the column like this:
DataGridViewTextBoxColumn col = new…

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Determining if Text in Particular DataGridView Cell is Wrapping
I have a databound datagridview on a form that has a text column that is able to be wrapped. When the columns are refreshed the height of each row is reverted to a single line height even if the content of the row is wrapped (and therefore…

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DataGridViewTextBoxCell.ReadOnly = true, but can still change the selected value
DataGridViewComboBoxCell.ReadOnly = true, but can still change the selected value has the same question but user was satisfied with an answer I can't implement.
I got a dataGridView with many columns, one of which is a checkBoxColumn, which should…

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DataGridView Cell Editing issue with decimal/hexadecimal formatting
I have a DataGridView bound to a DataTable that has 1+16 columns defined as Integer.
The default cell style is hexadecimal 2 digits (.Format="X2").
When entering in cell editing I would like to provide to the user, the possibility to write the value…

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