Adding Different DataGridView Cell Types to a Column
Have you looked at these:
Mixing cell types in a DataGridViewColumn
DataGridview cells of one column can't have different type
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/148b232b-ce8c-4c49-b35d-50d8a5c448d1/different-cell-types-in-a-datagridview-column
Following from the MSDN article...
There are two ways to do this:
- Cast a
DataGridViewCell
to a certain cell type that exists. For example, convert aDataGridViewTextBoxCell
toDataGridViewComboBoxCell
type. - Create a control and add it into the controls collection of
DataGridView
, set its location and size to fit the cell that to be host.
Here's some sample code which illustrates these tricks:
private void Form5_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("name");
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
dt.Rows.Add("");
}
this.dataGridView1.DataSource = dt;
this.dataGridView1.Columns[0].Width = 200;
/*
* First method : Convert to an existed cell type such ComboBox cell,etc
*/
DataGridViewComboBoxCell ComboBoxCell = new DataGridViewComboBoxCell();
ComboBoxCell.Items.AddRange(new string[] { "aaa","bbb","ccc" });
this.dataGridView1[0, 0] = ComboBoxCell;
this.dataGridView1[0, 0].Value = "bbb";
DataGridViewTextBoxCell TextBoxCell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
this.dataGridView1[0, 1] = TextBoxCell;
this.dataGridView1[0, 1].Value = "some text";
DataGridViewCheckBoxCell CheckBoxCell = new DataGridViewCheckBoxCell();
CheckBoxCell.Style.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
this.dataGridView1[0, 2] = CheckBoxCell;
this.dataGridView1[0, 2].Value = true;
/*
* Second method : Add control to the host in the cell
*/
DateTimePicker dtp = new DateTimePicker();
dtp.Value = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-10);
//add DateTimePicker into the control collection of the DataGridView
this.dataGridView1.Controls.Add(dtp);
//set its location and size to fit the cell
dtp.Location = this.dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(0, 3,true).Location;
dtp.Size = this.dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(0, 3,true).Size;
}
The other answers are way to difficult and error prone. It is way easier to add the required cell type upon request.
Example:
Using the designer, create a form with a DataGridView, and two columns: one for the question and one for the answer.
private DataGridView dataGridView3;
private DataGridViewTextBoxColumn columnQuestion;
private DataGridViewTextBoxColumn columnAnswer;
In my class, I created the enum for the answer type
public enum AnswerType
{
Text,
YesNo,
LoadFile,
Combo,
};
I create two methods: one to create a cell that contains a question, and one to create the proper cell type for the answer.
The method to create a question cell is simple:
private DataGridViewCell CreateQuestionCell(string question)
{
return new DataGridViewTextBoxCell()
{
ValueType = typeof(string),
Value = question,
ReadOnly = true, // questions can't be edited
};
}
The method to create an answer cell has a parameter indicating the desired answer type:
private DataGridViewCell CreateAnswerCell(AnswerType answerType)
{
// type of column depends on rowIndex
DataGridViewCell cell;
switch (answerType)
{
case AnswerType.YesNo: // Create a checkbox cell
cell = new DataGridViewCheckBoxCell()
{
ValueType = typeof(bool),
Value = false,
};
break;
case AnswerType.LoadFile: // Create a Button cell
cell = new DataGridViewButtonCell()
{
ValueType = typeof(string),
Value = "Load!",
};
break;
case AnswerType.Combo: // Create a Combo Cell
var selectableValues = Enumerable.Range(0, 4);
var comboItems = Enumerable.Range(0, 100);
cell = new DataGridViewComboBoxCell()
{
DataSource = new BindingList<int>(comboItems.ToList()),
};
break;
default: // Create a Text cell
cell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell()
{
ValueType = typeof(string),
Value = "<please enter name>",
};
break;
}
return cell;
}
Upon request add a Row, containing a question cell and an answer cell:
private void AddRow(string question, AnswerType answerType)
{
DataGridViewRow row = new DataGridViewRow();
row.Cells.Add(this.CreateQuestionCell(question));
row.Cells.Add(this.CreateAnswerCell(answerType));
this.dataGridView1.Rows.Add(row);
}
To test I created four buttons and handlers to add rows:
private Button buttonCheckbox;
private Button buttonAction;
private Button buttonCombo;
private Button buttonText;
private void OnButtonCheckbox(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.AddRow("Do you smoke", AnswerType.YesNo);
}
private void OnButtonText(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.AddRow("Name", AnswerType.Text);
}
private void OnButtonCombo(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.AddRow("Age?", AnswerType.Combo);
}
private void OnButtonAction(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.AddRow("Document upload", AnswerType.LoadFile);
}
Et voilà, ça marche! Simple comme bonjour!