DataGridView.EditMode Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating how to begin editing a cell.

C#
public System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewEditMode EditMode { get; set; }

Property Value

One of the DataGridViewEditMode values. The default is EditOnKeystrokeOrF2.

Exceptions

The specified value when setting this property is not a valid DataGridViewEditMode value.

The specified value when setting this property would cause the control to enter edit mode, but initialization of the editing cell value failed and either there is no handler for the DataError event or the handler has set the ThrowException property to true. The exception object can typically be cast to type FormatException.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to initialize a simple data-bound DataGridView. It also demonstrates how to set the EditMode property.

C#
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
    private DataGridView dataGridView1 = new DataGridView();
    private BindingSource bindingSource1 = new BindingSource();

    public Form1()
    {
        dataGridView1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        this.Controls.Add(dataGridView1);
        InitializeDataGridView();
    }

    private void InitializeDataGridView()
    {
        try
        {
            // Set up the DataGridView.
            dataGridView1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

            // Automatically generate the DataGridView columns.
            dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = true;

            // Set up the data source.
            bindingSource1.DataSource = GetData("Select * From Products");
            dataGridView1.DataSource = bindingSource1;

            // Automatically resize the visible rows.
            dataGridView1.AutoSizeRowsMode =
                DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.DisplayedCellsExceptHeaders;

            // Set the DataGridView control's border.
            dataGridView1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D;

            // Put the cells in edit mode when user enters them.
            dataGridView1.EditMode = DataGridViewEditMode.EditOnEnter;
        }
        catch (SqlException)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("To run this sample replace connection.ConnectionString" +
                " with a valid connection string to a Northwind" +
                " database accessible to your system.", "ERROR",
                MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Abort();
        }
    }

    private static DataTable GetData(string sqlCommand)
    {
        string connectionString = "Integrated Security=SSPI;" +
            "Persist Security Info=False;" +
            "Initial Catalog=Northwind;Data Source=localhost";

        SqlConnection northwindConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString);

        SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sqlCommand, northwindConnection);
        SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
        adapter.SelectCommand = command;

        DataTable table = new DataTable();
        table.Locale = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
        adapter.Fill(table);

        return table;
    }

    [STAThreadAttribute()]
    public static void Main()
    {
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
}

Remarks

All DataGridViewEditMode values except for EditProgrammatically also allow a user to double-click a cell to begin editing it.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 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
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also