How to modify the GridHyperLinkColumn text in WinForms DataGrid?

By default In WinForms DataGrid (SfDataGrid), the text in GridHyperLinkColumn will be updated with provided link. To change the text of hyperlink in the cells, the DisplayText can be changed based on our requirement using DrawCell event.

//Event subscription
this.sfDataGrid1.DrawCell += SfDataGrid1_DrawCell;
 
//Event customization
private void SfDataGrid1_DrawCell(object sender, DrawCellEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.Column.MappingName == "Hyperlink")
    {
        string displayText = e.DisplayText;
        int index = displayText.LastIndexOf('.');
        int firstIndex = displayText.IndexOf('.');
        int length = displayText.Length - (displayText.Length - index) - firstIndex;
        displayText = e.DisplayText.Substring(firstIndex + 1, length - 1);
 
        //To update text of hyperlink.
        e.DisplayText = displayText;
    }
}

View sample in GitHub

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to modify the GridHyperLinkColumn text in DataGrid.

You can refer to our WinForms DataGrid feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and WinForms DataGrid documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WinForms DataGrid example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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