Is it possible to have Multi-line DataGridView cells without wrapping text?

Question

I know I can set WrapMode to true on the DefaultCellStyle of the RowTemplate, however this doesn\'t give me the behaviour I want. I am dis

Answer 1

I hope this is what you are looking for:

I used two events:

1. I've measured the height after a cell edit.
2. I've measured text when painting cell, and trimmed it if needed, and repeat till it fits.

Code:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private readonly int _rowMargins;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        int rowHeight = dataGridView1.Rows[0].Height;
        _rowMargins = rowHeight - dataGridView1.Font.Height;
    }

    private void dataGridView1_CellEndEdit(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
    {
        DataGridView view = sender as DataGridView;
        DataGridViewCell cell = view.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex];
        string text = string.Format("{0}", cell.FormattedValue);
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
        {
            Size size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(text, view.Font);
            view.Rows[e.RowIndex].Height = Math.Max(size.Height + _rowMargins, view.Rows[e.RowIndex].Height);
        }
    }

    private void dataGridView1_CellPainting(object sender, DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.ColumnIndex == -1 || e.RowIndex == -1)
        {
            return;
        }
        e.Paint(e.ClipBounds, DataGridViewPaintParts.All ^ DataGridViewPaintParts.ContentForeground);

        DataGridView view = sender as DataGridView;

        string textToDisplay = TrimTextToFit(string.Format("{0}", e.FormattedValue), (int) (e.CellBounds.Width * 0.96), view.Font);

        bool selected = view.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Selected;
        SolidBrush brush = new SolidBrush(selected ? e.CellStyle.SelectionForeColor : e.CellStyle.ForeColor);

        e.Graphics.DrawString(textToDisplay, view.Font, brush, e.CellBounds.X, e.CellBounds.Y + _rowMargins / 2);

        e.Handled = true;
    }

    private static string TrimTextToFit(string text, int contentWidth, Font font)
    {
        Size size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(text, font);

        if (size.Width < contentWidth)
        {
            return text;
        }

        int i = 0;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        while (i < text.Length)
        {
            sb.Append(text[i++]);
            size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(sb.ToString(), font);

            if (size.Width <= contentWidth) continue;

            sb.Append("...");

            while (sb.Length > 3 && size.Width > contentWidth)
            {
                sb.Remove(sb.Length - 4, 1);
                size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(sb.ToString(), font);
            }

            while (i < text.Length && text[i] != Environment.NewLine[0])
            {
                i++;
            }
        }
        return sb.ToString();
    }

}

Enjoy,
Ofir

Designer code:

partial class Form1
{
    /// 

    /// Required designer variable.
    /// 
    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

    /// 

    /// Clean up any resources being used.
    /// 
    /// true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.
    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
    {
        if (disposing && (components != null))
        {
            components.Dispose();
        }
        base.Dispose(disposing);
    }

    #region Windows Form Designer generated code

    /// 

    /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
    /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
    /// 
    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.dataGridView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView();
        this.LineNumber = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
        this.Content = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).BeginInit();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // dataGridView1
        // 
        this.dataGridView1.AllowUserToDeleteRows = false;
        this.dataGridView1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) 
        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) 
        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
        this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize;
        this.dataGridView1.Columns.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn[] {
        this.LineNumber,
        this.Content});
        this.dataGridView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 13);
        this.dataGridView1.Name = "dataGridView1";
        this.dataGridView1.RowHeadersWidth = 55;
        this.dataGridView1.RowTemplate.DefaultCellStyle.WrapMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTriState.False;
        this.dataGridView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(493, 237);
        this.dataGridView1.TabIndex = 0;
        this.dataGridView1.CellEndEdit += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventHandler(this.dataGridView1_CellEndEdit);
        this.dataGridView1.CellPainting += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellPaintingEventHandler(this.dataGridView1_CellPainting);
        // 
        // LineNumber
        // 
        this.LineNumber.FillWeight = 30F;
        this.LineNumber.Frozen = true;
        this.LineNumber.HeaderText = "#";
        this.LineNumber.MaxInputLength = 3;
        this.LineNumber.Name = "LineNumber";
        this.LineNumber.ReadOnly = true;
        this.LineNumber.Resizable = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTriState.False;
        this.LineNumber.Width = 30;
        // 
        // Content
        // 
        this.Content.HeaderText = "Content";
        this.Content.Name = "Content";
        // 
        // Form1
        // 
        this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
        this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(518, 262);
        this.Controls.Add(this.dataGridView1);
        this.Name = "Form1";
        this.Text = "Is it possible to have Multi-line DataGridView cells without wrapping text?";
        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).EndInit();
        this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }

    #endregion

    private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView dataGridView1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn LineNumber;
    private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn Content;
}