How do you automatically resize columns in a DataGridView control AND allow the user to resize the columns on that same grid?

Question

I am populating a DataGridView control on a Windows Form (C# 2.0 not WPF).

My goal is to display a grid that neatly fills all available width with cells - i.e. no un

Answer 1

The column widths set to fit its content I have used the bellow statement, It resolved my issue.

First Step :

RadGridViewName.AutoSize = true;

Second Step :

// This mode  fit in the header text and column data for all visible rows. 
this.grdSpec.MasterTemplate.BestFitColumns();

Third Step :

for (int i = 0; i < grdSpec.Columns.Count; i++) 
{
    // The column width adjusts to fit the contents all cells in the control.
    grdSpec.Columns[i].AutoSizeMode = BestFitColumnMode.AllCells; 
}

Answer 2

Did you try to set up the FillWeight property of your DataGridViewColumns object?

For example:

this.grid1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
this.grid1.Columns[0].FillWeight = 1.5;

I think it should work in your case.

Answer 3

Maybe you could call

dataGridView1.AutoResizeColumns(DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill);

After setting datasource. It will set the width and allow resize.

More on MSDN DataGridView.AutoResizeColumns Method (DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode).

Answer 4

In my application I have set

grid.AutoSizeColumnsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
grid.AutoSizeRowsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeRowsMode.None;

Also, I have set the

grid.AllowUserToOrderColumns = true;
grid.AllowUserToResizeColumns = true;

Now the column widths can be changed and the columns can be rearranged by the user. That works pretty well for me.

Maybe that will work for you.

Answer 5

This did wonders for me:

dataGridView1.AutoResizeColumns(DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.AllCells);

Answer 6

With $array being the contents of a PSCustomObject, this works:

$dataGridView1.DataSource=[collections.arraylist]($array)
$dataGridView1.Columns | Foreach-Object{$_.AutoSizeMode = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode]::AllCells}