Why is the DataGridView.AutoGenerateColumns hidden?

Martin Kimzey 10 Reputation points
2023-05-22T16:42:38.39+00:00

A number of developers have asked this question. I reviewed the article at:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/6498b384-93d8-4582-b68f-3915a1de996a/why-is-the-autogeneratecolumns-option-hidden-for-datagridviews?forum=winforms

This does not answer the question at all. I have not found any answers to this.

Why is the DataGridView.AutoGenerateColumns property absent from intellisense and the Property Editor?

  • Is there a criteria that AutoGenrerateColumns satisfies that makes it necessary to hide the property?
  • If so, what are the criteria?
  • Are there problems associated with DataGridView.AutoGenerateColumns?
  • Are any updates planned to WinForms controls?

I am using Visual Studio 2017 and Community 2022.

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