How to: Prevent Row Addition and Deletion in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control Using the Designer
Sometimes you will want to prevent users from entering new rows of data or deleting existing rows in your DataGridView control. New rows are entered in the special row for new records at the bottom of the control. When you disable row addition, the row for new records is not displayed. You can then make the control entirely read-only by disabling row deletion and cell editing.
The following procedure requires a Windows Application project with a form containing a DataGridView control. For information about setting up such a project, see How to: Create a New Windows Forms Application Project and How to: Add Controls to Windows Forms.
Note
The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, choose Import and Export Settings on the Tools menu. For more information, see Working with Settings.
To prevent row addition and deletion
Click the smart tag glyph (
.gif "Smart Tag Glyph")
) on the upper-right corner of the DataGridView control, and then clear the Enable Adding and Enable Deleting check boxes.Note
To make the control entirely read-only, clear the Enable Editing check box as well.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Create a New Windows Forms Application Project
How to: Add Controls to Windows Forms