C# - Selecting a Column in a DataGridView

Question

I am creating a football roster using C# and Visual Studio. I've created a DataGridView calling dgvPlayer.

DGV

My goal is to select a box on dgvPlayer and have the information be copied into a Name textbox, Team textbox, etc. I'm really just confused as to the how to identify that a certain box is being selected. Please help!

dgvPlayer.Columns["Name"].DefaultCellStyle.Format

Answer 1

Based on what you are trying to do, you will have to add a handler for the CellClick event. The event will fire everytime the user make a click on some cell, then you will have to put your own business logic there. You can do something like this:

dgvPlayer.CellClick += dgvPlayer_CellClick;

private void dgvPlayer_CellClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
     yourTextBox.Text = dgvPlayer.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].ToString();
}

Answer 2

Something like this that adds some validation against selecting the header row of the grid view

private void dgvPlayer_CellClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
        if (e.RowIndex != -1)
        {
            txtTextBox.Text = dgvPlayer.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].ToString();          
        }
}