Datagrid Format 2

[dvannoy]

how can you format a databound column in a datagrid after you converted it to a template? I can set the settings to what I want and during run time it will format, in design view the Databound section for each template I cannot adjust the width..

Thanks in advance.

 

[RTomes]

Getting datagrids to display your desired widths can be frustrating.

Try: ItemStyle-Width="35" or HeaderStyle-Width="35"
The datagrid is a html table so setting the header width to 35 should be no different then setting each item to 35.
So why it there both? No sure.

If you don't want your data to wrap under any circumstances then use ItemStyle-Wrap="False"

If you do not want your cells to scrunch no matter what then you can force it's width.
Use ShowFooter=true on the grid and use the footertemplate shown below

<ASP:TEMPLATECOLUMN ItemStyle-CssClass="DataGridItem" ItemStyle-Width="300">
<ITEMTEMPLATE>
<ASP:LINKBUTTON id="butEdit" runat="server" CommandName="edit" >edit</ASP:LINKBUTTON>
</ITEMTEMPLATE>
<FooterTemplate>
<img src="images/spacer.gif" width="300" height="1">
</FooterTemplate>
</ASP:TEMPLATECOLUMN>

 

[ca8msm]

You can also set a cell width in the ItemCreated event of the DataGrid e.g.

Private Sub DataGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs) Handles DataGrid1.ItemCreated

     e.Item.Cells(0).Width = New Unit(300, System.Web.UI.WebControls.UnitType.Pixel)

End Sub

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