DataGridViewRow.HeaderCell Property

Definition

Gets or sets the row's header cell.

C#
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowHeaderCell HeaderCell { get; set; }

Property Value

A DataGridViewRowHeaderCell that represents the header cell of row.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example uses the HeaderCell property to label row headers.

C#
// Set row labels.
private void Button6_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

    int rowNumber = 1;
    foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView.Rows)
    {
        if (row.IsNewRow) continue;
        row.HeaderCell.Value = "Row " + rowNumber;
        rowNumber = rowNumber + 1;
    }
    dataGridView.AutoResizeRowHeadersWidth(
        DataGridViewRowHeadersWidthSizeMode.AutoSizeToAllHeaders);
}

Remarks

The header cell of a row is typically used to display a row label. Users can also click the row header to select the row if the DataGridView.SelectionMode property is set to DataGridViewSelectionMode.RowHeaderSelect.

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