How to display a text box in a grid cell in WinForms GridControl?
Display a text box in grid
By default, each cell in a WinForms Grid Control is a type of textbox. To add the TextBox to the grid cell and bring it to the front of the cell, use the following method.
Solution
To add a TextBox on a cell, create an object for the TextBox class and add it to the Grid.Controls collection. In the provided sample the textbox is displayed while entering the text in the current cell.
C#
//Create the instance for textbox
TextBox text = new TextBox();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
text.Visible = false;
//Add the texbox to the grid
this.gridControl1.Controls.Add(text);
//Hook the event to get the textbox at the front of the grid.
this.gridControl1.CurrentCellKeyPress += new KeyPressEventHandler(gridControl1_CurrentCellKeyPress);
}
void gridControl1_CurrentCellKeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
GridCurrentCell cc = this.gridControl1.CurrentCell;
//Get the co-ordinates of the current cell
Rectangle rect = this.gridControl1.RangeInfoToRectangle(GridRangeInfo.Cell(cc.RowIndex, cc.ColIndex));
//Move the location of the textbox to the current cell
text.Location = rect.Location;
//Set the size for the textbox
text.Size = rect.Size;
text.Visible = true;
//Set the focus to the TextBox
text.Focus();
text.BringToFront();
}
VB
'Create the instance for textbox Private text As New TextBox() Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() text.Visible = False 'Add the texbox to the grid Me.gridControl1.Controls.Add(text) 'Hook the event to get the textbox at the front of the grid. AddHandler gridControl1.CurrentCellKeyPress, AddressOf gridControl1_CurrentCellKeyPress End Sub Private Sub gridControl1_CurrentCellKeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyPressEventArgs) Dim cc As GridCurrentCell = Me.gridControl1.CurrentCell 'Get the co-ordinates of the current cell Dim rect As Rectangle = Me.gridControl1.RangeInfoToRectangle(GridRangeInfo.Cell(cc.RowIndex, cc.ColIndex)) 'Move the location of the textbox to the current cell text.Location = rect.Location 'Set the size for the textbox text.Size = rect.Size text.Visible = True 'Set the focus to the TextBox text.Focus() text.BringToFront() End Sub
The following screenshot displays the textbox displayed in a Grid while entering the text in a current cell.
Figure 1: Textbox displayed in a Grid
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to display a text box in a grid cell in WinForms GridControl.
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