Sorting Data in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control

By default, users can sort the data in a DataGridView control by clicking the header of a text box column. You can modify the SortMode property of specific columns to allow users to sort by other column types when it makes sense to do so. You can also sort the data programmatically by any column, or by multiple columns.

In This Section

• Column Sort Modes in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control
  Describes the options for sorting data in the control.

• How to: Set the Sort Modes for Columns in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control
  Describes how to enable users to sort by columns that are not sortable by default.

• How to: Customize Sorting in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control
  Describes how to sort data programmatically and how to customize sorting by using the DataGridView.SortCompare event or by implementing the IComparer interface.

Reference

• DataGridView
  Provides reference documentation for the DataGridView control.

• DataGridView.Sort
  Provides reference documentation for the Sort method.

• DataGridViewColumn.SortMode
  Provides reference documentation for the SortMode property.

• DataGridViewColumnSortMode
  Provides reference documentation for the DataGridViewColumnSortMode enumeration.

See Also

Concepts

Column Types in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control

Other Resources

DataGridView Control (Windows Forms)