How to display a text box in a grid cell in WinForms GridControl?
Display a text box in a grid
By default, each cell in a WinForms GridControl 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 to 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.
//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();
}'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 SubThe following
screenshot displays the textbox displayed in a Grid while
entering the text in a current cell.
Figure 1: Textbox displayed in a Grid
Sample
Conclusion
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