GridView.SelectedRow Property
Definition
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Gets a reference to a GridViewRow object that represents the selected row in the control.
public:
virtual property System::Web::UI::WebControls::GridViewRow ^ SelectedRow { System::Web::UI::WebControls::GridViewRow ^ get(); };[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRow SelectedRow { get; }[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.SelectedRow : System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowPublic Overridable ReadOnly Property SelectedRow As GridViewRowProperty Value
A GridViewRow that represents the selected row in the control, or null if nothing is selected.
- Attributes
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the SelectedRow property to access the properties of the GridViewRow object that represents the selected row in the GridView control.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Get the currently selected row using the SelectedRow property.
GridViewRow row = CustomersGridView.SelectedRow;
// Display the first name from the selected row.
// In this example, the third column (index 2) contains
// the first name.
MessageLabel.Text = "You selected " + row.Cells[2].Text + ".";
}
void CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanging(Object sender, GridViewSelectEventArgs e)
{
// Get the currently selected row. Because the SelectedIndexChanging event
// occurs before the select operation in the GridView control, the
// SelectedRow property cannot be used. Instead, use the Rows collection
// and the NewSelectedIndex property of the e argument passed to this
// event handler.
GridViewRow row = CustomersGridView.Rows[e.NewSelectedIndex];
// You can cancel the select operation by using the Cancel
// property. For this example, if the user selects a customer with
// the ID "ANATR", the select operation is canceled and an error message
// is displayed.
if (row.Cells[1].Text == "ANATR")
{
e.Cancel = true;
MessageLabel.Text = "You cannot select " + row.Cells[2].Text + ".";
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridView Select Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridView Select Example</h3>
<asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView"
datasourceid="CustomersSource"
autogeneratecolumns="False"
autogenerateselectbutton="True"
selectedindex="1"
onselectedindexchanged="CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanged"
onselectedindexchanging="CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanging"
runat="server" DataKeyNames="CustomerID">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="CustomerID"
HeaderText="CustomerID"
InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True"
SortExpression="CustomerID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="FirstName"
HeaderText="FirstName"
SortExpression="FirstName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="MiddleName"
HeaderText="MiddleName"
SortExpression="MiddleName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="LastName"
HeaderText="LastName"
SortExpression="LastName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Phone"
HeaderText="Phone"
SortExpression="Phone" />
</Columns>
<selectedrowstyle backcolor="LightCyan"
forecolor="DarkBlue"
font-bold="true"/>
</asp:gridview>
<br/>
<asp:label id="MessageLabel"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
selectcommand="SELECT CustomerID, FirstName, MiddleName, LastName, Phone FROM SalesLT.Customer"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorksLTConnectionString %>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Get the currently selected row using the SelectedRow property.
Dim row As GridViewRow = CustomersGridView.SelectedRow
' Display the first name from the selected row.
' In this example, the third column (index 2) contains
' the first name.
MessageLabel.Text = "You selected " & row.Cells(2).Text & "."
End Sub
Sub CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanging(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewSelectEventArgs)
' Get the currently selected row. Because the SelectedIndexChanging event
' occurs before the select operation in the GridView control, the
' SelectedRow property cannot be used. Instead, use the Rows collection
' and the NewSelectedIndex property of the e argument passed to this
' event handler.
Dim row As GridViewRow = CustomersGridView.Rows(e.NewSelectedIndex)
' You can cancel the select operation by using the Cancel
' property. For this example, if the user selects a customer with
' the ID "ANATR", the select operation is canceled and an error message
' is displayed.
If row.Cells(1).Text = "ANATR" Then
e.Cancel = True
MessageLabel.Text = "You cannot select " + row.Cells(2).Text & "."
End If
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridView Select Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridView Select Example</h3>
<asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView"
datasourceid="CustomersSource"
autogeneratecolumns="False"
autogenerateselectbutton="True"
selectedindex="1"
onselectedindexchanged="CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanged"
onselectedindexchanging="CustomersGridView_SelectedIndexChanging"
runat="server" DataKeyNames="CustomerID">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="CustomerID"
HeaderText="CustomerID"
InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True"
SortExpression="CustomerID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="FirstName"
HeaderText="FirstName"
SortExpression="FirstName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="MiddleName"
HeaderText="MiddleName"
SortExpression="MiddleName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="LastName"
HeaderText="LastName"
SortExpression="LastName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Phone"
HeaderText="Phone"
SortExpression="Phone" />
</Columns>
<selectedrowstyle backcolor="LightCyan"
forecolor="DarkBlue"
font-bold="true"/>
</asp:gridview>
<br/>
<asp:label id="MessageLabel"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
selectcommand="SELECT CustomerID, FirstName, MiddleName, LastName, Phone FROM SalesLT.Customer"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorksLTConnectionString %>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
When a row is selected in a GridView control, use the SelectedRow property to retrieve the GridViewRow object that represents that row.
Note
This is the same as retrieving the GridViewRow object at the index specified by the SelectedIndex property from the Rows collection.
This object can then be used to access the properties of the selected row.
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