DataGridViewColumn.Width Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the current width of the column.

public:
 property int Width { int get(); void set(int value); };

public int Width { get; set; }

member this.Width : int with get, set

Public Property Width As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The width, in pixels, of the column. The default is 100.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The specified value when setting this property is greater than 65536.

Examples

The following code example sets the width of a column. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the DataGridViewColumn class.

// Set the width.
void Button5_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   DataGridViewColumn^ column = dataGridView->Columns[ 0 ];
   column->Width = 60;
}

// Set the width.
private void Button5_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    DataGridViewColumn column = dataGridView.Columns[0];
    column.Width = 60;
}

' Set the width.
Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click

    Dim column As DataGridViewColumn = dataGridView.Columns(0)
    column.Width = 60
End Sub

Remarks

If the specified value when setting this property is less than the value of the MinimumWidth property, the MinimumWidth property value is used instead.

See also

• DataGridView
• MinimumWidth