How to get the position of a grid cell in the .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid)?

In this article, we will show you how to get the position of a grid cell in .NET MAUI DataGrid through the CellTapped event.

xaml

<ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <local:EmployeeViewModel x:Name="viewModel" />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>

<syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid"
                       ColumnWidthMode="Auto"
                       GridLinesVisibility="Both"
                       HeaderGridLinesVisibility="Both"
                       AutoGenerateColumnsMode="None"
                       CellTapped="dataGrid_CellTapped"
                       ItemsSource="{Binding Employees}">

    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
        <syncfusion:DataGridNumericColumn MappingName="EmployeeID"
                                          Format="#"
                                          HeaderText="Employee ID" />
        <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Name"
                                       HeaderText="Employee Name" />
        <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Title"
                                       HeaderText="Designation" />
        <syncfusion:DataGridDateColumn MappingName="HireDate"
                                       HeaderText="Hire Date" />

    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
</syncfusion:SfDataGrid>

C#
The following code demonstrates how to get the position of a grid cell using the CellTapped event.

private void dataGrid_CellTapped(object sender, Syncfusion.Maui.DataGrid.DataGridCellTappedEventArgs e)
{
    Point point = dataGrid.RowColumnIndexToPoint(e.RowColumnIndex);
    double xPosition= point.X;
    double yPosition = point.Y;
    DisplayAlert("Cell Position", $"XPosition: {xPosition} YPosition: {yPosition }","Ok");
}

Output

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to get the position of a grid cell in .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid).

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