DataGrid.SelectedIndex Property

Definition

Gets or sets the index of the selected item in the DataGrid control.

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public virtual int SelectedIndex { get; set; }

Property Value

The index of the selected item in the DataGrid control.

Attributes

Exceptions

The specified index is less than -1.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the SelectedIndex property to determine the index number of the selected item in the DataGrid control. It also shows how to select and deselect an item programmatically.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

   <script language="C#" runat="server">
 
      DataTable Cart = new DataTable();
      DataView CartView;   
 
      void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
         DataRow dr;
 
         if (Session["ShoppingCart"] == null) 
         {       
            Cart.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Qty", typeof(String)));
            Cart.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Item", typeof(String)));
            Cart.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Price", typeof(String)));
            Session["ShoppingCart"] = Cart;
             
            // Create rows and add sample data.
            for (int i = 1; i <= 9; i++) 
            {
               dr = Cart.NewRow();
               if (i % 2 != 0)
                  dr[0] = "2";
               else
                  dr[0] = "1";
               dr[1] = "Item " + i.ToString();
               dr[2] = (1.23 * (i + 1)).ToString();
               Cart.Rows.Add(dr);
            }
         }
         else
            Cart = (DataTable)Session["ShoppingCart"];          
 
         CartView = new DataView(Cart);
         CartView.Sort="Item";
 
         if (!IsPostBack)
            BindGrid();                    
      }
 
      void MyDataGrid_Select(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
 
         Label1.Text = "You selected " +
                       MyDataGrid.SelectedItem.Cells[1].Text +
                       ".<br />" + 
                       MyDataGrid.SelectedItem.Cells[1].Text +
                       " has an index number of " +
                       MyDataGrid.SelectedIndex.ToString() + ".";
                                
      }

      void Select_Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
 
         MyDataGrid.SelectedIndex = 4;
                                
      }

      void UnSelect_Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
 
         MyDataGrid.SelectedIndex = -1;
         Label1.Text = "";
                                
      }
 
      void BindGrid() 
      {
         MyDataGrid.DataSource = CartView;
         MyDataGrid.DataBind();
      } 
 
   </script>
 
<head runat="server">
    <title>DataGrid Selection Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DataGrid Selection Example</h3>
 
      <asp:DataGrid id="MyDataGrid" runat="server"
           BorderColor="black"
           BorderWidth="1"
           CellPadding="3"
           Font-Names="Verdana"
           Font-Size="8pt"
           OnSelectedIndexChanged="MyDataGrid_Select"
           AutoGenerateColumns="false">

         <HeaderStyle BackColor="#aaaadd">
         </HeaderStyle>

         <SelectedItemStyle BackColor="Yellow">
         </SelectedItemStyle>
 
         <Columns>

            <asp:ButtonColumn
                 HeaderText="Select Item"
                 ButtonType="LinkButton"
                 Text="Select"
                 CommandName="Select">

            </asp:ButtonColumn>
 
            <asp:BoundColumn 
                 HeaderText="Item" 
                 ReadOnly="true" 
                 DataField="Item"/>

            <asp:BoundColumn 
                 HeaderText="Quantity" 
                 DataField="Qty"/>

            <asp:BoundColumn 
                 HeaderText="Price" 
                 DataField="Price"/>

         </Columns>

      </asp:DataGrid>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Button id="Button1"
           Text="Select Item 5"
           OnClick="Select_Button_Click"
           runat="server"/>

      <asp:Button id="Button2"
           Text="Unselect Item"
           OnClick="UnSelect_Button_Click"
           runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/> 
 
   </form>
 
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the SelectedIndex property to determine the index of the item selected by the user in the DataGrid control. You can also use this property to programmatically specify which item is selected in the DataGrid control.

To deselect an item in the DataGrid control, set this property to -1.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1