How to make GridControl behave like ListBox in Winforms?

Description

Need to make WinForms GridControl work like a ListBox.

Solution

You need to do two things to make the GridControl work like a ListBox. To achieve this requirement, you need to change the ListBoxSelectionMode and explicitly set the column index to 0 by using the currentCellMoving and CurrentCellActivating events.

The following code examples are for changing ListBoxSelectionMode.

// Changing the GridControlSelectionMode
this.gridControl1.ListBoxSelectionMode = SelectionMode.One;

'Changing the GridControlSelectionMode
Me.gridControl1.ListBoxSelectionMode = SelectionMode.One

The following code example is for setting the column index to 0.

private void gridControl1_CurrentCellMoving(object sender, GridCurrentCellMovingEventArgs e)
{
  e.ColIndex = 0;
}

private void gridControl1_CurrentCellActivating(object sender, GridCurrentCellActivatingEventArgs e)
{
   e.ColIndex = 0;
}

Private Sub gridControl1_CurrentCellMoving(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridCurrentCellMovingEventArgs)
   e.ColIndex = 0
End Sub

Private Sub gridControl1_CurrentCellActivating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridCurrentCellActivatingEventArgs)
   e.ColIndex = 0
End Sub

The following screenshot is for GridControl without CurrentCell selection.

 Figure 1: Selecting the row on clicking a cell without showing current cell

Sample:

C#: GridControl like ListBox CS

VB: GridControl like ListBox VB

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to make GridControl behave like ListBox in Winforms.

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