Whta does it mean GridView1.EditIndex= -1;

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in most of the gridview's it is always written

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GridView1.EditIndex= -1;

can anyone tell me in detail whats the use of it..?

Posted 23-Oct-13 2:19am

prashantttt

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Shameer V V · Answer 1 · 2013-10-23T03:05:00

If you want to cancel the Edit mode in Grid view.. set GridName.EditIndex=-1;

We usually use this when you use built in Edit Functionality inside the GridView.

Eg: If you want to display 3rd record inside the grid in Edit mode

GridName.EditIndex=2;

After Editing, on click of Save

GridName.EditIndex=-1; //-So that it goes back to normal view

uspatel · Answer 2 · 2013-10-23T02:32:00

Solution 1

Whenever you edit gridview a editindex is working.

by setting

GridView1.EditIndex= -1;

Gridview changed into normal mode from EDit mode.

Posted 23-Oct-13 2:32am

uspatel

Tejas Vaishnav · Answer 3 · 2013-10-23T02:33:00

Solution 2

Asp.net grid view is having list or array of gridviewrows, and as all the list and array are starting index is 0, so if you set edit index of grid view to 0 or 1 or any other than it will make that indexed row in edit mode. so if you need your grid view in only read only mode then you need to set -1 as edit index. -1 means no row are in edit mode.

Posted 23-Oct-13 2:33am

Tejas Vaishnav

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prashantttt 23-Oct-13 8:47am

do you mean whatever data is present in gridview it's a list and the way we manage index of list in that same way we have to manage index of gridview...?