I am adding my answer as a follow-up to the discussion that has already occurred. I was trying to build a DataGridView that had different comboboxes per row. They also had to be responsive to a single click. And, when the selection was made, another cell in the row needed to be changed according to the combobox selection. The change needed to happen as soon as the selection was made. My main problem, like the OP's, was the change wouldn't happen until the combobox lost focus.
So, here is a full working minimal example of such a DataGridView. I had to bring it down to a minimum because getting all my requirements to work at the same time was tricky. Several SO posts went into making this, and I will update my post with references later. But for now, here goes...
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace TestDGV
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private Panel panel2;
private DataGridView TestGrid;
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.panel2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// panel2
//
this.panel2.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
this.panel2.Name = "panel2";
this.panel2.TabIndex = 1;
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(661, 407);
this.Controls.Add(this.panel2);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//basic grid properties
TestGrid = new DataGridView();
TestGrid.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
TestGrid.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
TestGrid.Name = "TestGrid";
TestGrid.ReadOnly = false;
TestGrid.EditMode = DataGridViewEditMode.EditOnEnter;
//Event handlers
TestGrid.DataBindingComplete += TestGrid_DataBindingComplete;
TestGrid.CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged += TestGrid_CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged;
TestGrid.CellValueChanged += TestGrid_CellValueChanged;
//columns
var textCol = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
textCol.HeaderText = "Text";
textCol.Name = "Text";
textCol.DataPropertyName = "Text";
textCol.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.AllCells;
TestGrid.Columns.Add(textCol);
var comboCol = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
comboCol.HeaderText = "ComboBox";
comboCol.Name = "ComboBox";
comboCol.AutoComplete = true;
comboCol.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.AllCells;
TestGrid.Columns.Add(comboCol);
var resultCol = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
resultCol.HeaderText = "Result";
resultCol.Name = "Result";
resultCol.DataPropertyName = "Result";
resultCol.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.Fill;
TestGrid.Columns.Add(resultCol);
//Bind the data
Datum.TestLoad();
TestGrid.DataSource = Datum.Data;
panel2.Controls.Add(TestGrid);
}
void TestGrid_CellValueChanged(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
if (e.RowIndex < 0 || e.ColumnIndex < 0)
return;
var row = TestGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex];
var cell = row.Cells[e.ColumnIndex];
if (cell is DataGridViewComboBoxCell)
{
var val = cell.Value as string;
var datum = row.DataBoundItem as Datum;
datum.Current = val;
row.Cells["Result"].Value = datum.Result;
TestGrid.InvalidateRow(e.RowIndex);
}
}
void TestGrid_CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(TestGrid.CurrentCell is DataGridViewComboBoxCell)
{
TestGrid.CommitEdit(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts.Commit);
TestGrid.EndEdit();
}
}
void TestGrid_DataBindingComplete(object sender, DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
{
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in TestGrid.Rows)
{
var datum = row.DataBoundItem as Datum;
if (datum == null)
return;
var cell = row.Cells["ComboBox"] as DataGridViewComboBoxCell;
if (cell.DataSource == null)
{
cell.DisplayMember = "KeyDisplayValue";
cell.ValueMember = "KeyValue";
cell.DataSource = (row.DataBoundItem as Datum).Combo;
cell.Value = (row.DataBoundItem as Datum).Current;
}
}
TestGrid.DataBindingComplete -= TestGrid_DataBindingComplete;
}
public class Datum
{
public static void TestLoad()
{
var t1 = new Triplet[] {
new Triplet("1", "World", "Everyone" ),
new Triplet("2", "Charlie", "Friend of Algernon" ),
new Triplet("3", "Lester", "Phenomenal programmer" ),
};
var t2 = new Triplet[] {
new Triplet("1", "World", "Everyone" ),
new Triplet("4", "Mary", "Wife of George Bailey" ),
new Triplet("3", "Lester", "Phenomenal programmer" ),
};
Data.Add(new Datum("hello, ", t1.ToList()));
Data.Add(new Datum("g'bye, ", t2.ToList()));
}
public static List<Datum> Data = new List<Datum>();
public Datum(string text, List<Triplet> combo)
{
this._text = text;
this._combo = combo.ToDictionary<Triplet,string>(o => o.KeyValue);
this.Current = combo[0].KeyValue;
}
private string _text;
public string Text
{
get
{
return _text;
}
}
private Dictionary<string, Triplet> _combo;
public List<Triplet> Combo
{
get
{
return _combo.Values.ToList();
}
}
private string _result;
public string Result
{
get
{
return _result;
}
}
private string _current;
public string Current
{
get
{
return _current;
}
set
{
if (value != null && _combo.ContainsKey(value))
{
_current = value;
_result = _combo[value].Description;
}
}
}
}
public class Triplet
{
public string KeyValue { get; set; }
public string KeyDisplayValue { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public Triplet(string keyValue, string keyDisplayValue, string description)
{
KeyValue = keyValue;
KeyDisplayValue = keyDisplayValue;
Description = description;
}
}
}
}
