DataGridView.EditingControl Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

DataGridView.cs

Gets the control hosted by the current cell, if a cell with an editing control is in edit mode.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Windows.Forms.Control? EditingControl { get; }

Property Value

Control

The Control hosted by the current cell.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example illustrates how to use this property in an overridden method of a custom cell type. In the example, a reference to the editing control is retrieved, cast to a custom editing control type, and then populated with the current value of the cell.

This example is part of a larger example available in How to: Host Controls in Windows Forms DataGridView Cells.

C#

public override void InitializeEditingControl(int rowIndex, object 
    initialFormattedValue, DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
{
    // Set the value of the editing control to the current cell value.
    base.InitializeEditingControl(rowIndex, initialFormattedValue, 
        dataGridViewCellStyle);
    CalendarEditingControl ctl = 
        DataGridView.EditingControl as CalendarEditingControl;
    // Use the default row value when Value property is null.
    if (this.Value == null)
    {
        ctl.Value = (DateTime)this.DefaultNewRowValue;
    }
    else
    {
        ctl.Value = (DateTime)this.Value;
    }
}

Remarks

If the cell is not in edit mode or the cell type does not accommodate an editing control, this property returns null.

Applies to

See also

• DataGridView Control (Windows Forms)