DataGridViewCell.RowIndex Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Gets the index of the cell's parent row.

public:
 property int RowIndex { int get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public int RowIndex { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.RowIndex : int

Public ReadOnly Property RowIndex As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The index of the row that contains the cell; -1 if there is no owning row.

Attributes: BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example illustrates the use of this property.

private void getCurrentCellButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    string msg = String.Format("Row: {0}, Column: {1}",
        dataGridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex,
        dataGridView1.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex);
    MessageBox.Show(msg, "Current Cell");
}

Private Sub getCurrentCellButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles getCurrentCellButton.Click

    Dim msg As String = String.Format("Row: {0}, Column: {1}", _
        dataGridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex, _
        dataGridView1.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex)
    MessageBox.Show(msg, "Current Cell")

End Sub

Remarks

When the RowIndex property returns -1, the cell is either a column header, or the cell's row is shared.

For more information about row sharing, see Best Practices for Scaling the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

Applies to

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