DataGridView checkbox column - value and functionality

Question

I\'ve added a checkbox column to a DataGridView in my C# form. The function needs to be dynamic - you select a customer and that brings up all of their items that could be s

Answer 1

If your column has been already created due to binding with a recordset of BIT type, the type of the column will be text anyway. The solution I have found is to remove that column and replace it with a DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn having the same binding data.

DataGridViewColumn oldCol = dgViewCategory.Columns["mycolumn"];
int chkIdx = oldCol.Index;
DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn chkCol = new DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();
chkCol.HeaderText = oldCol.HeaderText;
chkCol.FalseValue = "False";
chkCol.TrueValue = "True";
chkCol.DataPropertyName = oldCol.DataPropertyName;
chkCol.Name = oldCol.Name;
dgViewCategory.Columns.RemoveAt(chkIdx);
dgViewCategory.Columns.Insert(chkIdx, chkCol);

Answer 2

1) How do I make it so that the whole column is "checked" by default?

var doWork = new DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();
doWork.Name = "IncludeDog" //Added so you can find the column in a row
doWork.HeaderText = "Include Dog";
doWork.FalseValue = "0";
doWork.TrueValue = "1";

//Make the default checked
doWork.CellTemplate.Value = true;
doWork.CellTemplate.Style.NullValue = true;

dataGridView1.Columns.Insert(0, doWork);

2) How can I make sure I'm only getting values from the "checked" rows?

foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows)
{
    if (row.IsNewRow) continue;//If editing is enabled, skip the new row

    //The Cell's Value gets it wrong with the true default, it will return         
    //false until the cell changes so use FormattedValue instead.
    if (Convert.ToBoolean(row.Cells["IncludeDog"].FormattedValue))
    {
        //Do stuff with row
    }
}

Answer 3

private void dataGridView1_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    DataGridViewCheckBoxCell ch1 = new DataGridViewCheckBoxCell();
    ch1 = (DataGridViewCheckBoxCell)dataGridView1.Rows[dataGridView1.CurrentRow.Index].Cells[0];

    if (ch1.Value == null)
        ch1.Value=false;
    switch (ch1.Value.ToString())
    {
        case "True":
            ch1.Value = false;
            break;
        case "False":
            ch1.Value = true;
            break;
    }
    MessageBox.Show(ch1.Value.ToString());
}

best solution to find if the checkbox in the datagridview is checked or not.

Answer 4

If you try it on CellContentClick Event

Use:

dataGridView1.EndEdit();  //Stop editing of cell.
MessageBox.Show("0 = " + dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[0].Value.ToString());

Answer 5

To test if the column is checked or not:

for (int i = 0; i < dgvName.Rows.Count; i++)
{
    if ((bool)dgvName.Rows[i].Cells[8].Value)
    {
    // Column is checked
    }
}

Answer 6

Here's a one liner answer for this question

List<DataGridViewRow> list = DataGridView1.Rows.Cast<DataGridViewRow>().Where(k => Convert.ToBoolean(k.Cells[CheckBoxColumn1.Name].Value) == true).ToList();