DataGridTextBoxColumn.GetPreferredHeight(Graphics, Object) Method

Definition

Gets the height to be used in for automatically resizing columns.

C#
protected internal override int GetPreferredHeight(System.Drawing.Graphics g, object value);

Parameters

g
Graphics

A Graphics object used to draw shapes on the screen.

value
Object

The value to draw.

Returns

The height the cells automatically resize to.

Examples

The following example uses the GetPreferredHeight to return the height a column is automatically resized to.

C#
public class Form1: Form
{
 protected DataGrid dataGrid1;

private void GetPreferredHeight(){
   Graphics g;
   g = this.CreateGraphics();
   int gridPreferredHeight;
   MyGridColumn myTextColumn;
    // Assuming column 1 of a DataGrid control is a 
    // DataGridTextBoxColumn.
   myTextColumn = (MyGridColumn)
   dataGrid1.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[1];
   string myVal;
   myVal = "A long string value";
   gridPreferredHeight= myTextColumn.GetPrefHeight(g, myVal);
   Console.WriteLine(gridPreferredHeight);
   }
}

public class MyGridColumn:DataGridTextBoxColumn{
   public int GetPrefHeight(Graphics g, string val){
      return this.GetPreferredHeight(g, val);
   }
}

Applies to

Produkt Versioner
.NET Framework 1.1, 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, 10

See also