DataGridViewButtonColumn.CellTemplate Property

Definition

Gets or sets the template used to create new cells.

C#
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public override System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCell CellTemplate { get; set; }
C#
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public override System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCell? CellTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

A DataGridViewCell that all other cells in the column are modeled after.

Attributes

Exceptions

The specified value when setting this property could not be cast to a DataGridViewButtonCell.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use a DataGridViewButtonColumn to view the sales an employee has made. A cell template is used to apply the same color to all buttons. This example is part of a larger example available in the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn class overview topic.

C#
private void AddButtonColumn()
{
    DataGridViewButtonColumn buttons = new DataGridViewButtonColumn();
    {
        buttons.HeaderText = "Sales";
        buttons.Text = "Sales";
        buttons.UseColumnTextForButtonValue = true;
        buttons.AutoSizeMode =
            DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.AllCells;
        buttons.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Standard;
        buttons.CellTemplate.Style.BackColor = Color.Honeydew;
        buttons.DisplayIndex = 0;
    }

    DataGridView1.Columns.Add(buttons);
}

Remarks

The constructor for the DataGridViewButtonColumn class initializes this property to a newly created DataGridViewButtonCell.

Caution

Changing the properties of the cell template will not immediately affect the user interface (UI) of the column's existing cells. These changes are only apparent after the column is regenerated (for example, by sorting the column or through a call to the DataGridView.InvalidateColumn method).

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, 10

See also