DataGrid column widths

[RamHardikar]

Am using a DataGrid to display data. Also, am using custom paging since i have lot of data to be shown. when i navigate thru pages the data shows up on the gird. till here i dont hv a problem.

when i navigate thru pages, the DataGrid columns that are showing the data dont seems to be fixed. in the sense the column width always changes on very page. is there a way to keep the column widths fixed all thruout the pages during navigation?

 

[ca8msm]

In the ItemCreated event you can set the width of the cell. e.g.

e.Item.Cells(0).Width = New Unit(100, System.Web.UI.WebControls.UnitType.Pixel)

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[RTomes]

<asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid1" runat="server">
 <Columns>
  <asp:BoundColumn HeaderStyle-Width="150" ></asp:BoundColumn>
  <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderStyle-width="150">
   <div style="width:100%;overflow:hidden" ><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "WideContent")%></div>
  </asp:TemplateColumn>
 </Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

The overflow cliping is optional. It clips very large data and keeps it from make the grid to ugly. This is good when the user only needs to see a small portion of a large amount of text.