Column Width for all Columns in GridView

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

Hello everybody,
I am new in programming after a long period of 10 years without writing a line and I am learning c# by myself.

I am dealing with Forms and Columns and I can not get the way of setting a fixed width for all the columns in a Grid View.

Can anyone help me?

Thank you in advance.
David

Posted 15-Dec-12 0:51am

NeueStudium2012

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 1

GridView1.Columns[i].ItemStyle.Width = colWidth;

2nd Solution:::::::
step1:-Create a function,given below

public DataGridViewTextBoxColumn GetDataGridViewColumn(ref DataGridView DGV, string colName, string colHeader, int colWidth, bool colVisibility = true, string DataPropertyName = "")
{
	DataGridViewTextBoxColumn DGVTbCol = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
	DGVTbCol.Name = colName;
	if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(DataPropertyName)) {
		DGVTbCol.DataPropertyName = colName;
	} else {
		DGVTbCol.DataPropertyName = DataPropertyName;
	}

	DGVTbCol.HeaderText = colHeader;
	DGVTbCol.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.TopLeft;
	DGVTbCol.HeaderCell.Style.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
	DGVTbCol.Width = colWidth;
	DGVTbCol.Visible = colVisibility;
	if (colVisibility) {
		DGV.Tag += colWidth;
	}
	return DGVTbCol;
}

2nd Step:-

String C_Id = "1stColumnName"
String C_Id2="2ndColumnName"

C#

private void SetColumns(ref DataGridView DGV)
{
    int AlignLeft = 0;
    int AlignRight = 1;
    int AlignCenter = 2;
    int ControlStart = 0;
    int CtrlTop = 0;
    int ColWidth = 0;

    DGV.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
    DGV.MultiSelect = true;
    DGV.ReadOnly = false;
    DGV.Tag = 0;
    DGV.Columns.Clear();
ColWidth=70; //Specify width as u want
  DGV.Columns.Add(GetDataGridViewColumn(DGV, C_Id, "ColumnName", ColWidth, False))
DGV.Columns.Add(GetDataGridViewColumn(DGV, C_Id2, "2ndColumnName",ColWidth, True))

}

Posted 15-Dec-12 0:56am

StackQ

Updated 15-Dec-12 1:13am

v3

Comments

NeueStudium2012 15-Dec-12 7:12am

Thank you, but does it is not what I meant. Loops or individual assignment are not the solution which I look for.
I think there must be a way to define the column width for all the grid, as default or something likely, but I am not able to find it.

Nelek 15-Dec-12 8:19am

Poster updated the solution but didn't reply your comment (just added a new one, so no notification for you). Have a look to the new code

StackQ 15-Dec-12 7:14am

now check again

Shahin Khorshidnia 15-Dec-12 8:52am

Hi, I didn't vote but please pay attention to your notation. May I suggest you this: C# Coding Standards

StackQ 15-Dec-12 11:17am

actually i create it on vb.net,and for u,i convert them to vb online.So just follow logic.Thnx to suggest me...

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Jibesh · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-15T09:58:00

Datagridview has a property AutoSizeColumnsMode with following options

VB

// Summary:
//     Defines values for specifying how the widths of columns are adjusted.
public enum DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode
{
   //Summary:The column widths do not automatically adjust.
   None = 1,
   //
   //Summary:The column widths adjust to fit the contents of the column header cells.
   ColumnHeader = 2,
   // Summary:
   //The column widths adjust to fit the contents of all cells in the columns,excluding header cells.
   AllCellsExceptHeader = 4,
   //
   // Summary:
   //The column widths adjust to fit the contents of all cells in the columns,including header cells.
   AllCells = 6,
   //
   //Summary:The column widths adjust to fit the contents of all cells in the columns
   //that are in rows currently displayed onscreen, excluding header cells.
   DisplayedCellsExceptHeader = 8,
   //
   // Summary:
   //The column widths adjust to fit the contents of all cells in the columns
   //that are in rows currently displayed onscreen, including header cells.
   DisplayedCells = 10,
   //
   // Summary:
   //The column widths adjust so that the widths of all columns exactly fill the
   //display area of the control, requiring horizontal scrolling only to keep
   //column widths above the System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn.MinimumWidth
   //property values. Relative column widths are determined by the relative System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn.FillWeight
   //property values.
   Fill = 16,
  }

set the property :AutoSizeColumnsMode=ColumnHeader it will auto resize your column based on the Column Header string width.