Get cell value in WPF datagrid

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

Hey all,

In my WPF application I have a datagrid and now I want to get the value of a cell.
I have tried dozens of possible solutions but none of them are working.

Can you guys help me out?

Greetz, A

Posted 6-Jul-11 21:22pm

Alex Bouma

Add a Solution

5 solutions

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)

Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-07-06T21:27:00

Solution 1

This discussion[^] could help you out.

Posted 6-Jul-11 21:27pm

Abhinav S

Comments

Alex Bouma 7-Jul-11 3:53am

Im struggling with the VisualChild class where can I find that?

Espen Harlinn 7-Jul-11 14:19pm

My 5

Christian Graus · Answer 2 · 2011-07-06T21:31:00

Solution 2

Wow, according to http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/wpf/thread/74332b78-6bfd-4ac9-af85-dfd9bec87a29[^], that's not as trivial as it should be.

Posted 6-Jul-11 21:31pm

Christian Graus

Comments

Alex Bouma 7-Jul-11 3:46am

Im struggling with the VisualChild class where can I find that?

Espen Harlinn · Answer 3 · 2011-07-07T08:22:00

Solution 3

Colin Eberhardt did a nice article on the WPF datagrid WPF DataGrid Practical Examples[^] - I would certainly look at databinding before working directly with the cells.

Best regards
Espen Harlinn

Posted 7-Jul-11 8:22am

Espen Harlinn

Teddy1805 · Answer 4 · 2012-12-05T05:39:00

Solution 4

Hi,
I've been struggling on this one too.

You can try this (it works for me):

Dim drv As System.Data.DataRowView = CType(Me.myDataGrid.SelectedItem, System.Data.DataRowView)
MsgBox(drv.Item(0).ToString())

Works fine even with Option Strict On, hope it helps!

Posted 5-Dec-12 5:39am

Teddy1805

WaseemSiddiqui · Answer 5 · 2013-06-04T20:03:00

Try following helper function

C#

public static DataGridCell GetCell(DataGrid dataGrid, int row, int column)
        {
            DataGridRow rowContainer = GetRow(dataGrid, row);
            if (rowContainer != null)
            {
                DataGridCellsPresenter presenter = GetVisualChild<datagridcellspresenter>(rowContainer);

                // try to get the cell but it may possibly be virtualized
                DataGridCell cell = (DataGridCell)presenter.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(column);
                if (cell == null)
                {
                    // now try to bring into view and retreive the cell
                    dataGrid.ScrollIntoView(rowContainer, dataGrid.Columns[column]);

                    cell = (DataGridCell)presenter.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(column);
                }

                return cell;
            }

            return null;
}</datagridcellspresenter>

You can search more from Vincent SDibal's blog