DatagridView Button Column Cell Editing Control Width.

Priyamtheone

I have a datagridview with a button column as one of its column collection. The width of the button column is say 50 but the problem is the button editing control within the cell of that column is also having the same width as its parent column which looks awkward. I want to set the width of the button editing control small enough say 20 irrespective of its parent column width. Please help. Thanks.

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Shaik Ali16y ago
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Hi,
You have two ways to achieve.
1. Creating user control with textbox and button(with size you mentioned). Attach the same to the column u wish.
2. You can also achieve the same using button control for the column. i have achieved the size of the button with little modifications to Sams code. I have taken client rectangle and taken the x position from that. Find the code snippet of my code
Rectangle rect = dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(Column_5.Index, 0, true);
Padding p = Column_5.DefaultCellStyle.Padding;
p.Left = rect.X + 75; //my column width is 100 adjusting x to 75 so that button goes to corner of the cell
p.Right = rect.Y;
Column_5.DefaultCellStyle.Padding = p;
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ho vang16y ago
please !

I want display only button in dgv.?
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Sam Hobbs16y ago
Did my code not work? Note that only one reply per thread can have the "Do you like this Answer" checkbox checked, so you must choose the best reply as the one you like.
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Priyamtheone16y ago
Thanks to all. Nice suggestions indeed.
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Sam Hobbs16y ago
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Sam Hobbs17y ago
You can set the padding, as in:

int w = Column2.Width;
int margin = (w > 40) ? (w - 40) >> 1 : 0;
Padding p = Column2.DefaultCellStyle.Padding;
p.Left = margin;
p.Right = margin;
Column2.DefaultCellStyle.Padding = p;

That will set the width of the cell contents (the button) to 40. In the code above, I set the margin to half of the column width minus 40, unless the column width is less than 40.
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Sam Hobbs17y ago
You can create a UserControl with a button in it and then you will have nearly total control of the button.

I don't know if it is possible to modify the button's width more directly as you are trying to do; it seems that .Net is not designed to allow it. You can make other changes, such as the baclground color of the button, using:

Column2.CellTemplate.Style.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
Where Column2 is the name of the column with the button. The CellTemplate size however is read-only.
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