DataGridView.HitTestInfo.Type Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets the DataGridViewHitTestType that indicates which part of the DataGridView the coordinates described by the current DataGridView.HitTestInfo belong to.

public:
 property System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewHitTestType Type { System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewHitTestType get(); };

public System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewHitTestType Type { get; }

member this.Type : System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewHitTestType

Public ReadOnly Property Type As DataGridViewHitTestType

Property Value

DataGridViewHitTestType

A DataGridViewHitTestType value that indicates the control part at the coordinates described by the current DataGridView.HitTestInfo.

Examples

The following code example illustrates the use of this property. This example is part of a larger example available in the DataGridView.Columns property reference topic.

private DataGridViewCell clickedCell;

private void dataGridView1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
// If the user right-clicks a cell, store it for use by the shortcut menu.
    if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
    {
        DataGridView.HitTestInfo hit = dataGridView1.HitTest(e.X, e.Y);
        if (hit.Type == DataGridViewHitTestType.Cell)
        {
            clickedCell =
                dataGridView1.Rows[hit.RowIndex].Cells[hit.ColumnIndex];
        }
    }
}

Private clickedCell As DataGridViewCell

Private Sub dataGridView1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles dataGridView1.MouseDown

    ' If the user right-clicks a cell, store it for use by the 
    ' shortcut menu.
    If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right Then
        Dim hit As DataGridView.HitTestInfo = _
            dataGridView1.HitTest(e.X, e.Y)
        If hit.Type = DataGridViewHitTestType.Cell Then
            clickedCell = _
                dataGridView1.Rows(hit.RowIndex).Cells(hit.ColumnIndex)
        End If
    End If

End Sub

See also

• DataGridView
• HitTest(Int32, Int32)
• DataGridViewHitTestType